Watch: Angry drunken coal miners crash party
Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.
Mon, Jul 13 2009 at 1:25 PM EST
Every year for the past 23 years, people have gathered on Larry Gibson's family farm land to celebrate efforts to end mountaintop removal mining. It's a peaceful affair filled with good people, food and music put on by the Keepers of the Mountains, a group of MTR activists.
This year the event was invaded by over 20 large drunken coal miners and their wimin' who swore at and threatened to kill activists and their children. They generally acted like total asshats and created a tense, downright scary atmosphere.
The whole thing was caught on tape. Check this out (be warned, lots of swearing):
That's appalling.
Via [Boing Boing]
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Comments
Dave
07/14/2009 12:18 PM
Larrys place is 50 acres on top of a mountain, it has a picnic shelter and a bandstand, but its not really what you would call a "farm."
But it has been in Larry's family for over 200 years, and all his ancestors are buried there. When the Massey Coal miner says "we were here first" thats ridiculous.
