Four people who
protested Gov. Jim Douglas over the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and other
issues Monday were arrested at an event the governor attended and charged with
disorderly conduct, police said.
Frustration
with plans to bail out Wall Street has spilled onto Main Streets across America. In
Vermont, protesters raised signs – and their voices – against
the federal government spending 700 billion dollars to rescue banks.
VPR’s
Ross Sneyd was at their protest in Burlington on Thursday.
Ten
anti-war demonstrators have been arrested after locking themselves together
with chains at the General Dynamics office in Burlington.
Police used bolt
cutters to remove and arrest the protesters last night.