{"id":6777,"date":"2015-05-29T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=6777"},"modified":"2015-05-29T13:29:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:29:28","slug":"what-blowback-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=6777","title":{"rendered":"What blowback looks like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-01.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-01\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-01-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the little town of Walnut Cove agreed to let the state of North Carolina (at taxpayer expense) drill a geological core sample on town property to test for the presence of frackable gas, what followed was an uprising. These photos are from a press conference called by the state and national NAACP to announce an environmental justice investigation into where these polluting activities tend to be located &#8212; near black communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"747\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-02.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-02\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-02-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"616\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-03.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-03\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-03.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-03-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"608\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-04.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-04\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-04-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-05.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-05\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-05.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-05-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"641\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-06.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-06\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-06.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-06-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-07.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-07\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-07.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-07-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"716\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-08.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-08\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-08.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-08-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"638\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-09.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-09\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-09.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-09-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-10.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-10\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-10-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"698\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-11.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-11\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-11.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-11-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-12.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-12\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-12.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-12-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-13.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-13\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-13.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-13-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-14.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-14\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-14.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-14-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-15.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-15\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-15.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-15-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-16.jpg\" alt=\"naacp-16\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-16.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/naacp-16-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the little town of Walnut Cove agreed to let the state of North Carolina (at taxpayer expense) drill a geological core sample on town property to test for the presence of frackable gas, what followed was an uprising. These photos are from a press conference called by the state and national NAACP to announce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=6777\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What blowback looks like&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economic-issues","category-political-issues","category-rural-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6777"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6800,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777\/revisions\/6800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}