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http://www.yesmagazine.org/how-far-will-north-dakota-go-to-get-this-pipeline-20161023The militarized response is escalating, Dakota Access construction is accelerating. To be clear: North Dakota is acting as trustee for the company, using what it considers the powers of state to make this project so.
Mark Trahant posted Oct 23, 2016
CANNON BALL, N.D. | A peaceful protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline ended in the arrests of 83 people in North Dakota on Saturday morning amid a chaotic scene in which police in riot gear used pepper spray to break up and subdue a group of 200 to 300 protesters.
It is the highest number of people arrested in a single day in North Dakota during the last several months of protest actions against the oil pipeline, bringing the total number of arrests up to 222.
Though the protesters behaved non-violently and cooperated with the police, North Dakota law enforcement officials described Saturdays events as a riot. Rapid City Journal article
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How far will North Dakota go? Look at where it has been.
The state has been an ally instead of a referee. Helping to craft a regulatory approach that avoided regulation.
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Even now the Dakota Access pipeline figures the state, with allies in D.C., will give in and sign the final paperwork. As the Energy Transfer Partners attorney told the court: The status quo is that were in the middle of building a pipeline. So, according to Oil and Gas 360, the next step will be for ETP to acquire easements to drill the pipeline under Lake Oahe. In the most probable scenario, the Corps will grant permits while District Court litigation will continue. ETP would likely get notice on easement status by the end of October and would take 60 days to drill under the lake with a full crew and no major disruptions.
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Theyve already tried intimidation, humiliation, and the number of arrests are increasing. Pick on protectors, elders, journalists, famous people, anyone who could make the state appear potent. The latest tactic is to toss around the word riot as if saying it often enough will change its definition. Authorities arrest 83 protesters during a riot Saturday, Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier posted on Facebook. Todays situation clearly illustrates what we have been saying for weeks, that this protest is not peaceful or lawful. It was obvious to our officers who responded that the protesters engaged in escalated unlawful tactics and behavior during this event. This protest was intentionally coordinated and planned by agitators.
Whats extraordinary about that statement is the sheriffs own pictures show a peaceful protest. As Mel Brooks once wrote in Young Frankenstein: A riot is an ugly thing. This was not.
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Coyotl
(15,262 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I thought we'd put that behind us. Silly me.
tblue37
(64,979 posts)<iframe width="1280" height="720" src="
" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Odin2005
(53,521 posts)womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)and that things are changing.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)- companies dumping fracking water all over the place and not getting fined.
and they seem to consider themselves an arm of the oil companies.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)from what i heard one of the protestors flew a drone toward a police surveillance chopper.. that is a clear threat to the chopper.
the protestors were barricading a road with hay bales rocks and other debris
the protestors where also chaining themselves to equipment on private property
the police HAVE overreacted in some cases but the protestors arent exactly 100% perfect either
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)rdking647
(5,113 posts)they are protesting on private property.
frankly if i owned teh land they were on I would be pissed to and would do whatever i could to move them off my land
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)And since the government has broken or violated every single frikking legally binding treaty they have sworn with native nations, they ought to occupy it to PROTECT the water and the people.
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