Democracy Now! - 7/10/09 - Greenpeace Activists Hang Banner on Mt. Rushmore (part 1 of 1)

Greenpeace Activists Hang Banner on Mt. Rushmore Activists with the environmental group Greenpeace scaled the Mount Rushmore National Monument Wednesday and hung a banner urging President Obama to take action on global warming. The banner was hung next to the carved mountain face of Abraham Lincoln. It read: America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming. The group of eleven Greenpeace activists were arrested and charged with trespassing. They each face up to six months in prison....

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YouTube | July 10, 2009

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