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Hobet Mine Protest: Activists Demand Police Brutality Probe In WV

"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Environmental activists are demanding an investigation into the alleged beating of a mountaintop removal mining protester by West Virginia state troopers."



"Several groups issued a statement Thursday asking the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate a weekend incident involving mountaintop removal mining protester Dustin Steele."

Vicki Smith reports for the Associated Press August 2, 2012.

Source: AP, 08/03/2012