Did you think any company will not take steps to protect their people, property, and operations when faced with increasinging aggressive protestors who want to shut them down ?
did you expect they would just shut everything down and wait until the protestors went away?
Here are two quotes from your little article that shows a total ignorance of how infrastructure is created
the Jordan Cove Energy Project — a proposed liquid natural gas pipeline and export terminal
An export terminal & pipeline is a big engineering project that has to be planned years in advance
that requires engineers and logistics managers to constantly be on site years in advance
Pembina was the sole funding source of a unit in the sheriff’s office dedicated to handling security concerns related to Jordan Cove — despite the fact that there is not yet any physical infrastructure in place to keep secure.
Total indignation as a result of his total ignorance of how these things are built
If there is wrong doing here its how sheriffs are funded.
Good luck fixing that in the USA
If you are really worried about money changing hands look into paid protestors in Canada and who is funding them