Greenpeace: Grand Jury Refuses Felonies for Greenpeace Activists, Others Charged in Houston Oil Industry Protest
March 05, 2020
March 05, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, March 5 -- Greenpeace issued the following news release on March 4:
A grand jury refused to issue felony indictments against the Greenpeace USA activists and others charged following the peaceful protest on September 12, 2019 at the Houston Ship Channel [1]. Thirty-one people had been charged with a felony by the Harris County District Attorney's Office under Texas' controversial new anti-protest law, but none were indicted on this charge by a Harris County grand jur . . .
A grand jury refused to issue felony indictments against the Greenpeace USA activists and others charged following the peaceful protest on September 12, 2019 at the Houston Ship Channel [1]. Thirty-one people had been charged with a felony by the Harris County District Attorney's Office under Texas' controversial new anti-protest law, but none were indicted on this charge by a Harris County grand jur . . .