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Keystone XL pipeline protest at Facebook HQ
Source: Menlo Park Almanac
It wasn't blatant civil disobedience, but private property did get walked on. Forty protestors asserted themselves on Wednesday, May 1, and Facebook and the Menlo Park police cooperated, allowing them to stand in the lush grass on a hot day at the entrance to the company's Menlo Park headquarters at Willow Road and Bayfront Expressway.
Framed by Facebook's iconic logo, the protestors, who said they were with groups opposing the Keystone XL pipeline, complained to passing Bayfront Expressway traffic about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's alleged ties to ads supporting the pipeline.
Read more: http://almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=13566
