A Colorado anti-fracking group crashed Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s book event over his support of fracking in the state, ending in assault claims as well as a few citations. The protestors, who call themselves the Colorado Community Rights Network, wreaked enough havoc to delay Hickenlooper’s scheduled speech by an hour, causing security guards and police to be brought in to calm the crowds before the event could continue. Hickenlooper, a proponent of natural gas development, published his memoirs a month ago, titled The Opposite Of Woe: My Life In Beer And Politics. The memoirs briefly mention the oil sector, and state that based on experience and science, Hickenlooper “recognized that fracking was one of our very best and safest extraction techniques.” Anti-frackers expressed outrage at the pro-fracking sentiment, shouting “No Fracking Way!” and carrying signs that read “Frackenlooper Overturns Democracy” at the book signing event, among a […]