Protestors pulled from cement at the Keystone XL Pipeline construction site

Police had a hard time trying to figure out how to get three protestors out of solid cement near Wewoka and Holdenville Tuesday morning.

The protestors are with the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First.

They put themselves in the cement Monday to protest construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

On the organization’s Facebook page, they say, “A Deputy from the Hughes County Sheriff’s Department is full-force swinging a sledgehammer at one of Holly and Bailey’s lockdown devices. This is VERY dangerous. They are also now using a pneumatic drill.”

The protestors were eventually freed and arrested.

Those in favor of the construction project say the pipeline would create thousands of jobs and improve the economy.
 
The Keystone XL Pipeline will transport oil fromTar Sands in Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.