Highway billboards calling for a manslaughter prosecution of Massey Energy are going up in West Virginia.
The billboards read: 29 Coal Miners Dead, Prosecute Massey for Manslaughter.
The first billboard went up today on Rt. 522 in Morgan County.
The billboards are sponsored by a new group — prosecutemassey.org.
“If I drive recklessly in West Virginia and accidentally kill someone, I will be prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter and thrown in jail,” said Russell Mokhiber of prosecutemassey.org. “Twenty-nine coal miners are dead. The federal government said the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch mine was operated with reckless disregard for the safety of the workers. We are calling on the state of West Virginia to prosecute the company and responsible officials for involuntary manslaughter.”
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