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A protest at the White House earlier this year.
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Activists are allowed on the sidewalk in front of the White House as long as they keep moving, but if they sit, they're vulnerable to arrest.
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A protester has written legal support numbers on his arm before the sit-in.
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Corina Torgeson, the first protester to be arrested, listens to warnings from the police.
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NRDC cofounder Gus Speth was arrested on the first day.
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A protester is greeted after being released from jail. Activists arrested on the first day were held for three days.
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Many activists wore 2008 Obama campaign buttons to remind the president who makes up his base.
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A police officer readies plastic handcuffs on the second day of the protest.
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Canadian actress Margot Kidder (of Superman fame) gets arrested.
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Bryan Parras (center) and Cherri Foytlin (right) traveled up from the Gulf Coast.
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There's still time to join the protest yourself.
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Visually arresting: Live from the tar-sands protests

By Grist staff

Hundreds of activists (including Bill McKibben and Daryl Hannah) have been arrested in front of the White House since Aug. 20. They’re calling on Obama to deny a permit for the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline, which would run from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s the story so far.

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Visually arresting: Live from the tar-sands protests

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