9:35 a.m. Fully a half hour before the protest is scheduled to begin, the numbers of Mine Workers in the park across from the federal bankruptcy court is swelling, many raising placards reading, "Peabody Create Patriot to Fail"; Peabody: Morally Bankrupt"; "Peabody's Broken Promises Threaten Families' Lives;"; and, "Are You Next."
Earlier, police with a German shepherd checked the truck platform to be used for speeches -- as though miners, many of whom have served their country in wars, pose a threat to their own government!
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