Grist: Its been over a year since Alec Johnson was arrested for locking himself to an excavator sitting on a pipeline easement in Atoka, Oklahoma. Hes still waiting to go to trial. Rural Oklahoma communities only hold jury trials once or twice a year, and every time a new court date comes up, Johnson gets bumped priority goes to anyone charged with a felony or presently cooling their heels in jail, which Johnson is not.
A lot has changed in that year. The protest around U.S. energy policy and climate...