Lochiel protest camp raided Grandmother tree uprooted

Oct 5

Democracy Now reports that armed Border Patrol agents raided the Lochiel, Arizona protest camp Monday, arrested at least twenty people and removed the cottonwood known as the Grandmother Tree for border-wall construction. It describes the tree as about 200 years old and the camp as established in July. The report includes footage and witnesses' audible cries as an excavator uproots the tree, then points to further coverage.

Border Patrol agents raid the Lochiel, Arizona protest camp, arrest at least twenty people and uproot the cottonwood known as the Grandmother Tree to make way for border-wall construction, according to Democracy Now. Its scene footage includes witnesses crying out. The camp had been in place since July to protect a tree described as about 200 years old. In a later response, Laiken Jordahl condemns the removal and calls the treatment of border communities and nature security theater under presidents of both parties. His age comparison and political characterization remain attributed.