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Couldn't see a thread. Don't know much about it. But, whatever the rights and wrongs, the use of military force looks completely excessive and seems to be highlighting some powerful interests.
Otherwise, why not allow a peaceful protest?
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From Wiki, seems to sum it up well:
On April 1, 2016, an elder member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and her grandchildren established the Sacred Stone Camp to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, which directly threatens the only water supply for the Standing Rock Reservation. Founded by LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, the camp is on her private land, and is a center for cultural preservation and spiritual resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.[SUP][17][/SUP][SUP][18][/SUP][SUP][19][/SUP][SUP][20][/SUP] Protests at the pipeline site in North Dakota began in the spring of 2016 and drew indigenous people from throughout North America as well as many other supporters, creating the largest gathering of Native Tribes in the past 100 years.[SUP][21][/SUP] A number of planned arrests occurred when people locked themselves to heavy machinery in civil disobedience.[SUP][22][/SUP] Criticism has been directed at Facebook for assisting the local authorities in censoring the protesters.[SUP][23]
Standing Rock Indian Reservation - Wikipedia[/SUP]
Otherwise, why not allow a peaceful protest?
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From Wiki, seems to sum it up well:
On April 1, 2016, an elder member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and her grandchildren established the Sacred Stone Camp to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, which directly threatens the only water supply for the Standing Rock Reservation. Founded by LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, the camp is on her private land, and is a center for cultural preservation and spiritual resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.[SUP][17][/SUP][SUP][18][/SUP][SUP][19][/SUP][SUP][20][/SUP] Protests at the pipeline site in North Dakota began in the spring of 2016 and drew indigenous people from throughout North America as well as many other supporters, creating the largest gathering of Native Tribes in the past 100 years.[SUP][21][/SUP] A number of planned arrests occurred when people locked themselves to heavy machinery in civil disobedience.[SUP][22][/SUP] Criticism has been directed at Facebook for assisting the local authorities in censoring the protesters.[SUP][23]
Standing Rock Indian Reservation - Wikipedia[/SUP]