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phill4paul
08-25-2016, 05:12 PM
2,500 Native Americans Successfully Block Oil Pipeline Construction — State of Emergency Declared

The Camp of the Sacred Stones has swelled from a few dozen to more than 2,500, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe officials. They are calling for further review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the end of July without a full environmental assessment. Source: Indian Country Today

Last week, a few dozen Native Americans showed up to protest the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile-long pipeline that would cross right through their sacred land. As word spread, however, the few dozen turned into more than 2,500 native Americans. Because of the large turnout, a brief victory ensued for the people after the developers of the four-state oil pipeline agreed to halt construction until after a federal hearing in the coming week.

In spite of both the company building the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, and the federal government applying pressure, the Native Americans from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have remained resilient.

On Tuesday, the government placed a restraining order on the protesters prohibiting them “from interfering with its (Energy Transfer Partners’) right to construct the Dakota Access Pipeline (the “Pipeline”) in accordance with all local, state, and federal approvals it has obtained.”

However, the protestors remained steadfast — and peaceful.

“As we have said from the beginning, demonstrations regarding the Dakota Access pipeline must be peaceful,” Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II said in a statement to reporters on August 17. “There is no place for threats, violence or criminal activity. That is simply not our way. So, the Tribe will do all it can to see that participants comply with the law and maintain the peace. That was our position before the injunction, and that is our position now.”

“The pipeline presents a threat to our lands, our sacred sites and our waters, and the people who will be affected must be heard,” Archambault told reporters. “Peaceful demonstration can be very powerful and effective. But the power of peaceful demonstration is only diminished by those who would turn to violence or illegality. We cannot let that happen. The Tribe is committed to doing all it can to make sure that the demonstrations are conducted in the right way.”

In spite of the threat to the sacred land and the unscrupulous action of the state in taking that land on behalf of big oil, government officials maintain their justification.

“Dakota Access has obtained the necessary easements and rights of way to construct the Pipeline in North Dakota and the necessary federal, state, and local permits for the Oahe Crossing,” the court said. “In accordance with the permits and approvals obtained for the Pipeline project, Dakota Access has commenced construction activities in North Dakota.”

http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/08/2500-native-americans-successfully-block-oil-pipeline-construction-state-emergency-declared/

For a good laugh watch the NPR video at the 13 second mark.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypeV0KWYJzY

It's good to see cops backed up by mounted protesters as a change. :D:p:cool:

Danke
08-25-2016, 05:15 PM
Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL

oyarde
08-25-2016, 06:09 PM
Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL
at 2 1/3 million acres there are only 4 Reservations larger. Maybe you should go see the sacred rock , it is at the gate of Ft Yates . Standing Rock is where Crazy Horse was born. They have a sacred stone in Mecca too , but you cannot see it .

Danke
08-25-2016, 06:18 PM
Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?148975-I-probably-am-going-to-get-in-trouble-for-telling-you-prophecy

phill4paul
08-25-2016, 06:27 PM
Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?148975-I-probably-am-going-to-get-in-trouble-for-telling-you-prophecy


Oyate, reading your prophesy again made me hopeful, but sad that you're not still posting around here. Us under-30, potential 7th-gen'ers sure could use your guidance and wise counsel.

Hope you're doing well, brother.

:(

oyarde
08-25-2016, 06:30 PM
Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?148975-I-probably-am-going-to-get-in-trouble-for-telling-you-prophecy
Yates and Custer were civil war buddies that meet in Michigan , Custer got Yates a staff job with General Pleasonton during the war . Yates body was moved to Ft Leavenworth from where it was first interred. There used to be an Arty Battery in San Fran named after Yates .

oyarde
08-25-2016, 08:49 PM
Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Oyate got banned.



http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?148975-I-probably-am-going-to-get-in-trouble-for-telling-you-prophecy
Ft Yates should be renamed Lame White Man , which was the name of the Cheyenne War Chief killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn . He was the only Cheyenne Chief killed in that battle. The Lakota called him Bearded Man . Lame White Man was a person of greater importance than some civil war staff officer.

phill4paul
08-25-2016, 08:59 PM
Ft Yates should be renamed Lame White Man , which was the name of the Cheyenne War Chief killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn . He was the only Cheyenne Chief killed in that battle. The Lakota called him Bearded Man . Lame White Man was a person of greater importance than some civil war staff officer.

Do you know how many taxpayer FRN's it would take to do that?

oyarde
08-25-2016, 09:01 PM
http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/08/2500-native-americans-successfully-block-oil-pipeline-construction-state-emergency-declared/

For a good laugh watch the NPR video at the 13 second mark.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypeV0KWYJzY

It's good to see cops backed up by mounted protesters as a change. :D:p:cool:

Those look like regular sheriff deputies , if that footage is on the Res , they should not have any jurisdiction there .

oyarde
08-25-2016, 09:03 PM
Do you know how many taxpayer FRN's it would take to do that?

Danke will donate out of his deep respect for those who were there before him .

oyarde
08-25-2016, 09:08 PM
Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL
You could visit Medicine Rocks in Montana or I could show you Enchanted Rock in Texas if you would like to hire me as a Guide .

phill4paul
08-25-2016, 09:10 PM
Those look like regular sheriff deputies , if that footage is on the Res , they should not have any jurisdiction there .

Definitely look county to me. I'm still cracking up and watching them back the fuck off at the.13 second mark.

puppetmaster
08-25-2016, 10:30 PM
This should be anther reminder that when you go invade a people's land you should kill everyone of them from the very beginning and never ever put them on reservations.

oyarde
08-25-2016, 11:11 PM
Never Surrender .

Danke
08-26-2016, 03:22 AM
This should be anther reminder that when you go invade a people's land you should kill everyone of them from the very beginning and never ever put them on reservations.

Should have just rounded them up and deported them to their native land, Asia.

oyarde
08-26-2016, 07:15 AM
Should have just rounded them up and deported them to their native land, Asia.

You could go to Ft Lame White Man and debate with the Lakota if they think they are from Asia , LOL

Danke
08-26-2016, 07:24 AM
You could go to Ft Lame White Man and debate with the Lakota if they think they are from Asia , LOL

Why debate with dishonest people?

NotAnIllegalImmigrant
08-26-2016, 07:37 AM
Just relocate them to another reservation.
Reservations should be nationalized and then auctioned off.

Danke
08-26-2016, 07:40 AM
Reservations should be nationalized and then auctioned off.

True, I think Oyarde and his family should be allotted a small portion of the land to administer the transfer. Maybe even some casino royalties for his work.

oyarde
08-26-2016, 07:46 AM
Reservations should be nationalized and then auctioned off.

They already are Nationalized . The Bureau of Indian Affairs police are Federal .

oyarde
08-26-2016, 07:48 AM
Why debate with dishonest people?

You can never tell , but I could throw some whiskey & Tomahawks in the mix and see if that keeps everything truthful .

Carlybee
08-26-2016, 08:41 AM
You could go to Ft Lame White Man and debate with the Lakota if they think they are from Asia , LOL

I have a friend with AIM..I'll ask, lol.

oyarde
08-26-2016, 02:40 PM
Just relocate them to another reservation.


"sacred land" LOL

I sold three old medicine bags today , but I saved you one . I used to use them for buckshot and ball for my old muzzle loader rifle and shotgun.

TheTexan
08-26-2016, 02:42 PM
LOL through "their" lands.

NotAnIllegalImmigrant
08-26-2016, 02:54 PM
I have a friend with AIM..I'll ask, lol.
Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

TheTexan
08-26-2016, 02:56 PM
Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

I prefer ICQ myself

Carlybee
08-26-2016, 05:44 PM
Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

Heh :D

oyarde
08-26-2016, 06:08 PM
Cool, you also still use AOL Instant Messenger?

I have smoke signals

Lucille
08-27-2016, 08:46 AM
Why There's A Media Blackout On The Native American Oil Pipeline Blockade
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-26/why-theres-media-blackout-native-american-oil-pipeline-blockade


As the Lakota Sioux continue their peaceful blockade of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, the story’s absence from the national media narrative is palpable. Considering the corporate media’s chronic quest for controversial stories on government versus public standoffs, you’d think this situation would garner the typical media frenzy invoked during a right-wing militia occupation of a federal building, for example, or a tense standoff between the Black Lives Matter movement and police. But it’s not.

As of late, the media has faced criticism for its selective coverage of certain events — like, say, focusing on single terror attacks in Western Europe that garner thousands of headlines while basically ignoring similar or worse attacks that occur on a constant basis in Muslim-majority countries.

But the confrontation unfolding in North Dakota, in particular, is strikingly similar to the recent standoff at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, which involved a right-wing militia advocating land rights against the federal government. The militia was led by the controversial Bundy family, which previously drew sensationalized coverage during a similar standoff in Nevada in 2014. So why were these stories covered extensively while the other — also centered around land rights — has been mostly ignored?

https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p526x296/14021733_629843863807319_962325700564977773_n.jpg? oh=d90a9077c4e0a050a290c28e0caa893a&oe=5838F34C

The first point is actually very simple: Native Americans standing up for themselves is not polarizing. In an age of institutionalized media divisiveness and hyper-partisanship, the story of Native Americans in North Dakota fighting for land and water rights just doesn’t fit the script of deep, societal divides plaguing the nation’s law and order, nor does it fit in with the left-right paradigm. People from both sides of the political spectrum pretty much agree that Native Americans have been screwed by the U.S. government and resource-snatching corporations long enough. Considering this sentiment, there’s really no exploitable controversy on this issue from the mainstream media perspective, which inherently drives topical, superficial news narratives.

It’s easy to create a controversy out of right-wing white nationalist militias occupying an obscure federal wildlife preserve building (if that sounds petty and not exactly newsworthy, that’s because it was petty and not exactly newsworthy). I witnessed liberals so incensed by the Oregon occupiers they were calling for the FBI to literally gun them down. Meanwhile, the alt-right movement hailed them as heroes and harbingers of the second American Revolution. It made for a great, divisive controversy. But in the end, nothing was accomplished. It was topical. It was superficial. It was essentially meaningless — and the media loved it so much it dedicated a month’s worth of prime time TV coverage to it.

In contrast, the only thing the mainstream media would accomplish by publicizing the growing tribal opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline would be to effectively kill the prospects of the pipeline. Providing ongoing coverage would likely inspire national outrage toward the oil company, Dakota Access LLC, and the government agencies currently trying to evict the indigenous people from their own ancestral lands.

It’s important to understand that the media doesn’t always cover certain stories just because they’re actually newsworthy. Often, the media’s coverage is intended to promote and drive narratives, and the divisive flavor has been a top seller for a long time. This coverage has accomplished at least one thing in the United States: the country is now the most divided it’s been in a very long time. Maybe that has been the media’s intention all along.

The second and more obvious reason why mainstream outlets have not focused on the situation in North Dakota is money — oil money, to be exact. The corporate media in the United States is deeply in bed with oil interests. From fracking advertisements on MSNBC to individuals on Big Oil’s payroll literally working for Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, the ties cannot be understated. Why would mainstream media publicize a standoff that could potentially kill an oil pipeline when their own financial interests would be negatively affected? The answer is they wouldn’t.

And there you have it. That’s why right-wing militias pointlessly occupying a wildlife refuge is one of the biggest stories of the century but Native Americans stopping the construction of a multibillion-dollar pipeline isn’t worth a single headline on CNN.

NotAnIllegalImmigrant
08-27-2016, 08:44 PM
I prefer ICQ myself
As long as you don't use encryption it's fine by me. Only someone with something to hide uses that.

phill4paul
09-01-2016, 04:09 PM
North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers working near the Dakota Access Pipeline protests are not wearing name tags, due to concerns about officers being threatened online.

"Early on when the protests were starting, there were numerous incidents of social media posts identifying officers by their name and posting of specific threats towards those officers on social media," Lt. Tom Iverson said.

Iverson said officers also were advised to monitor their social media accounts to make sure they were not providing identifying information for "someone that would want to do harm to you or your family."

Troopers were notified by email on Aug. 13 and the change took place the following Monday, he said.

They are still wearing badges with their numbers, which would allow anyone to report an officer who acted badly.

Iverson said the threatening posts were found through simple keyword searches on social media sites, such as Facebook. He would not share the posts with the Tribune, citing an ongoing criminal investigation.

"It makes no difference what they take off; they're still here," said Frank White Bull, a tribal councilman on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/bismarcktribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/0a/a0ac5f71-c3f7-5757-941a-e37ec6b72d55/57ad259f4f410.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C930

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/highway-patrolmen-take-off-name-tags/article_77c75247-4ac1-5bac-81ae-26b85821036c.html

PierzStyx
09-01-2016, 04:25 PM
You would think that Natives would be people libertarians are naturally sympathetic with. The State destroyed their homes, conquered their lands, decimated their people, and got them hooked on drugs and alcohol to prevent them from ever being a challenge again. They are what the State does to people. Seems like we should be celebrating when they fight back and use them as an example of everyone fighting back. Not making fund of them.

oyarde
09-01-2016, 05:01 PM
You would think that Natives would be people libertarians are naturally sympathetic with. The State destroyed their homes, conquered their lands, decimated their people, and got them hooked on drugs and alcohol to prevent them from ever being a challenge again. They are what the State does to people. Seems like we should be celebrating when they fight back and use them as an example of everyone fighting back. Not making fund of them.

I like it when they fight back .

Danke
09-04-2016, 10:09 AM
Violent people.

Oil pipeline protest turns violent in southern North Dakota

Associated Press

By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press 10 hrs ago


BISMARCK, N.D. — A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent Saturday after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota.

Morton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Donnell Preskey said four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured after several hundred protesters confronted construction crews at the site just outside the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. One of the security officers was taken to a Bismarck hospital for undisclosed injuries. The two guard dogs were taken to a Bismarck veterinary clinic, Preskey said.

Tribe spokesman Steve Sitting Bear said protesters reported that six people had been bitten by security dogs, including a young child. At least 30 people were pepper-sprayed, he said. Preskey said law enforcement authorities had no reports of protesters being injured.

There were no law enforcement personnel at the site when the incident occurred, Preskey said. The crowd disbursed when officers arrived and no one was arrested, she said.

The incident occurred within half a mile of an encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline that is slated to cross the Missouri River nearby.

The tribe is challenging the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to grant permits for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access pipeline, which crosses the Dakotas and Iowa to Illinois, including near the reservation in southern North Dakota. A federal judge will rule before Sept. 9 whether construction can be halted on the Dakota Access pipeline.

Energy Transfer Partners did not return phone calls and emails from The Associated Press on Saturday seeking comment.

The tribe fears it's a project they fear will disturb sacred sites and impact drinking water for thousands of tribal members on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and millions further downstream.

The protest Saturday came one day after the tribe filed court papers saying it found several sites of "significant cultural and historic value" along the path of the proposed pipeline.

Tribal preservation officer Tim Mentz said in court documents that the tribe was only recently allowed to survey private land north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Mentz said researchers found burials rock piles called cairns and other sites of historic significance to Native Americans.

Standing Rock Sioux chairman David Archambault II said in a statement that construction crews removed topsoil across an area about 150 feet wide stretching for 2 miles.

"This demolition is devastating," Archambault said. "These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings there cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land has been turned into hollow ground."

Preskey said the company filmed the confrontation by helicopter and turned the video over to authorities. Protesters also have posted some of the confrontation on social media.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said in a statement that "individuals crossed onto private property and accosted private security officers with wooden posts and flag poles."

"Any suggestion that today's event was a peaceful protest, is false," his statement said.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oil-pipeline-protest-turns-violent-in-southern-north-dakota/ar-AAitx2x?li=BBnb4R7

oyarde
09-04-2016, 10:16 AM
Violent people.

Oil pipeline protest turns violent in southern North Dakota

Associated Press

By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press 10 hrs ago


BISMARCK, N.D. — A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent Saturday after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota.

Morton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Donnell Preskey said four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured after several hundred protesters confronted construction crews at the site just outside the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. One of the security officers was taken to a Bismarck hospital for undisclosed injuries. The two guard dogs were taken to a Bismarck veterinary clinic, Preskey said.

Tribe spokesman Steve Sitting Bear said protesters reported that six people had been bitten by security dogs, including a young child. At least 30 people were pepper-sprayed, he said. Preskey said law enforcement authorities had no reports of protesters being injured.

There were no law enforcement personnel at the site when the incident occurred, Preskey said. The crowd disbursed when officers arrived and no one was arrested, she said.

The incident occurred within half a mile of an encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline that is slated to cross the Missouri River nearby.

The tribe is challenging the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to grant permits for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access pipeline, which crosses the Dakotas and Iowa to Illinois, including near the reservation in southern North Dakota. A federal judge will rule before Sept. 9 whether construction can be halted on the Dakota Access pipeline.

Energy Transfer Partners did not return phone calls and emails from The Associated Press on Saturday seeking comment.

The tribe fears it's a project they fear will disturb sacred sites and impact drinking water for thousands of tribal members on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and millions further downstream.

The protest Saturday came one day after the tribe filed court papers saying it found several sites of "significant cultural and historic value" along the path of the proposed pipeline.

Tribal preservation officer Tim Mentz said in court documents that the tribe was only recently allowed to survey private land north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Mentz said researchers found burials rock piles called cairns and other sites of historic significance to Native Americans.

Standing Rock Sioux chairman David Archambault II said in a statement that construction crews removed topsoil across an area about 150 feet wide stretching for 2 miles.

"This demolition is devastating," Archambault said. "These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings there cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land has been turned into hollow ground."

Preskey said the company filmed the confrontation by helicopter and turned the video over to authorities. Protesters also have posted some of the confrontation on social media.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said in a statement that "individuals crossed onto private property and accosted private security officers with wooden posts and flag poles."

"Any suggestion that today's event was a peaceful protest, is false," his statement said.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oil-pipeline-protest-turns-violent-in-southern-north-dakota/ar-AAitx2x?li=BBnb4R7

It was not me , I would have scalped the dogs and the security guards while they were still alive .

PierzStyx
09-06-2016, 11:53 AM
Violent people.

Oil pipeline protest turns violent in southern North Dakota


Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said in a statement that "individuals crossed onto private property and accosted private security officers with wooden posts and flag poles."

"Any suggestion that today's event was a peaceful protest, is false," his statement said.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oil-pipeline-protest-turns-violent-in-southern-north-dakota/ar-AAitx2x?li=BBnb4R7


Ooooooo, is the big bad cop afraid of wooden posts and flagpoles?

And seriously, how many of us talk about using violence against the State on here every day?

Ender
09-06-2016, 12:05 PM
You would think that Natives would be people libertarians are naturally sympathetic with. The State destroyed their homes, conquered their lands, decimated their people, and got them hooked on drugs and alcohol to prevent them from ever being a challenge again. They are what the State does to people. Seems like we should be celebrating when they fight back and use them as an example of everyone fighting back. Not making fund of them.

Yep- and this is about private property, which is supposed to be high on the Libertarian list.

The Feds have done this many times to the Indians: allot them their private land as Independent Nations and then take it back if it looks like there are resources for Big Corps.

phill4paul
09-06-2016, 02:01 PM
It's not only Native Americans. Some Iowa farmers are also suing to stop emminent domain on their property.


Iowa farmers sue to block use of eminent domain for Bakken pipeline

Two lawsuits were filed Friday in northwest Iowa's Cherokee County by owners of farmland that a Texas company is trying to seize for construction of the Bakken crude oil pipeline.

The litigation could have far-reaching implications, because there 1,295 properties along the 346-mile pipeline route in Iowa, and voluntary easements still haven't been obtained on about 168 Iowa land parcels. Construction on the pipeline began this week in North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois, but the Iowa Utilities Board still hasn't authorized the start of construction in Iowa because of a lack of federal permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dakota Access, LLC, a unit of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, has filed applications to use eminent domain to secure access to agricultural land owned by Marvin and Bonnie Zoch and Marian and Verdell Johnson. Eminent domain is the power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use in return for fair-market compensation.

The lawsuits and related motions in Cherokee County District District ask the court to suspend the condemnation proceedings, said Bill Hanigan, a lawyer for the Davis Brown law firm in Des Moines, which represents both couples. A Cherokee County compensation commission is scheduled to meet June 13 to begin valuing the farmland for seizure by Dakota Access, the lawyer said.

The plaintiffs are asking the court to stop the county meetings until the court has had time to consider whether a private company is entitled to use eminent domain to seize farmland. The suit contends that state and federal law prohibits the taking of their property because Dakota Access is not a utility and therefore should not have the ability to forcibly access Iowa landowners' property across the state to build the pipeline.

"Landowners have begun receiving notices of the county compensation meetings," Hanigan said in a prepared statement. "Unless suspended, the meetings will result in Dakota Access taking possession of the farmland. We are asking Iowa's courts to suspend these actions until after a full hearing on the merits of each landowner's case."

"We expect additional lawsuits will be filed in additional counties in the coming weeks," he said.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/20/farmers-sue-to-block-use-of-eminent-domain/84676294/

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/3e8c82a9cd941bcd7280554642e72d3d9a287ca7/c=0-18-1864-1420&r=x408&c=540x405/local/-/media/2015/10/23/IAGroup/DesMoines/635811998841855810-Pipeline-protesters.jpg

RonPaulIsGreat
09-06-2016, 02:13 PM
You can see the security goons attacking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VADcWANqBp8

I always think of this song when watching nazi thugs.

Lyrics are wrong by the way. Should be "work forces".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yutN6FB2M

phill4paul
09-06-2016, 02:26 PM
You can see the security goons attacking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VADcWANqBp8

Sheriff says there is no evidence that this happened.

dannno
09-06-2016, 02:34 PM
Reminds me of Ernest Goes to Camp

osan
09-06-2016, 04:28 PM
"Their" lands...

Oh wait... you mean they're serious?

osan
09-06-2016, 04:32 PM
It was not me , I would have scalped the dogs and the security guards while they were still alive .

I'm cool with handling the guards, but leave the dogs out of it, OK?

Dogs are good people.

Ender
09-06-2016, 06:30 PM
I'm cool with handling the guards, but leave the dogs out of it, OK?

Dogs are good people.

Agree with you on that.

Lucille
09-12-2016, 10:46 AM
You can see the security goons attacking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VADcWANqBp8

North Dakota v. Amy Goodman: Arrest Warrant Issued After Pipeline Coverage
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/12/north_dakota_v_amy_goodman_arrest


...Morton County, North Dakota, issued an arrest warrant for Amy Goodman. The charge: criminal trespass, a misdemeanor offense. The case, State of North Dakota v. Amy Goodman, stems from Democracy Now!’s coverage in North Dakota over the Labor Day weekend of the Native American-led protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. On Saturday, September 3, Democracy Now! filmed security guards working for the Dakota Access pipeline company using dogs and pepper spray to attack protesters.


Protester: "These people are just threatening all of us with these dogs. And she, that woman over there, she was charging, and it bit somebody right in the face."

Amy Goodman: "The dog has blood in its nose and its mouth."

Protester: "And she’s still standing here threatening us."

Amy Goodman: "Why are you letting their—her dog go after the protesters? It’s covered in blood!"

Democracy Now!'s report went viral online and was viewed more than 13 million times on Facebook alone, and our footage was rebroadcast on many outlets, including CBS, NBC, NPR.org, CNN, MSNBC and Huffington Post. Also charged was Cody Hall for his alleged presence at the September 3 land defense action and for a subsequent protest on September 6. Hall is considered a lead organizer in the movement against the Dakota Access pipeline and was arrested at one of the checkpoints that have been erected by North Dakota authorities to restrict access to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the growing pipeline opposition camps. Hall was denied bail and remained in jail throughout the weekend. Hall's attorneys and several others we spoke to confirmed that it is highly unusual for a defendant charged with misdemeanor trespass to be jailed and denied bail.

According to the criminal complaint against Goodman, the charges are based on a viewing of Democracy Now!'s video report of the incident, conducted by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Special Agent Lindsey Wohl's sworn affidavit states that Goodman was there as a journalist. Wohl wrote, "Amy Goodman can be seen on the video identifying herself and interviewing protestors [sic] about their involvement in the protest." The criminal complaint was approved by Assistant State’s Attorney for Morton County Gabrielle J. Goter. To date, none of the private security personnel shown in the video both assaulting protesters and commanding their dogs to attack them have been charged or arrested. Democracy Now! is consulting with attorneys in North Dakota as well as at the Center for Constitutional Rights. CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy said, "This is clearly a violation of the First Amendment … an attempt to repress this important political movement by silencing media coverage."

Lucille
09-14-2016, 10:59 AM
Breaking: Riot Police Begin Mass-Arrests at Dakota Access Pipeline, FedBook Censors Video
http://theantimedia.org/police-arrests-dakota-access-pipeline/


(ANTIMEDIA) North Dakota — It didn’t take long after the National Guard was activated in North Dakota for militarized law enforcement to descend upon the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Today, mass arrests began as riot gear-clad police attempted to break up Native American opposition to the construction of the pipeline, which has been halted at one location but continues elsewhere.

According to independent news outlet Unicorn Riot, at least 20 protesters, or “water protectors,” have been arrested at gunpoint along with medics and two journalists. Police issued a one-time warning to “water protectors” that any trespassers would be arrested. The warning came after several people locked themselves to construction equipment in acts of civil disobedience on Tuesday.
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A surveillance plane was also seen patrolling the protest site, reports Unicorn Riot.

http://www.unicornriot.ninja/?p=8994


UPDATE: Both Unicorn Riot journalists have been bonded out for jail after being booked on misdemeanor charges of Criminal Trespass. Our understanding is that most of the arrested water protectors got out of jail Tuesday night as well.
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Approximately 100 riot police arrived to at least one site, armed with assault rifles and less-lethal weapons. Around 20 people were arrested at the site of the #NoDAPL lockdown, including medics and two Unicorn Riot journalists. As arrests were under way, Facebook censored our live video stream.

https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja

Ender
09-14-2016, 11:50 AM
Criminal Trespass charges against people on THEIR property.

Pretty sick.

PierzStyx
09-14-2016, 12:20 PM
Criminal Trespass charges against people on THEIR property.

Pretty sick.

Seriously.

And most of the forums are obsessed with arguing over Trump in endless circles. I know I have been. All while the government does this.

Ender
09-14-2016, 06:09 PM
Seriously.

And most of the forums are obsessed with arguing over Trump in endless circles. I know I have been. All while the government does this.

Yep.

Great way to keep everyone distracted while forcing them more and more into The Matrix.

Carlybee
09-15-2016, 10:14 AM
One issue I have with this is that the Sioux will protest this and then turn around and align themselves with the same government doing this to them. And OT, they also think sucking up to Obama will get Leonard Peltier freed. They are never going to free him because they stick up for their own.

Lucille
09-30-2016, 02:22 PM
Media Silent as Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Spread, Construction Blocked in Iowa
http://theantimedia.org/media-silent-dakota-access-pipeline-iowa/


(ANTIMEDIA) Sandusky, IA — The media blackout of opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline continues as widening protests, which have now blocked pipeline construction in Iowa, go unreported by the national corporate media.

The “Mississippi Stand” water protector encampment in Sandusky, Iowa, successfully blocked Dakota Access Pipeline construction as of Saturday, September 24th. The protests are taking place where the pipeline is planned to cross the Mississippi River.

Water protectors attached themselves to construction equipment in acts of civil disobedience until they were eventually arrested — but police failed to corral them before they halted the pipeline’s construction. Law enforcement arrested a total of 12 people on Saturday at the Mississippi Stand site, according to independent media outlet Unicorn Riot. At least 44 people have been arrested at the Iowa protest site in previous weeks.

At issue is the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline that Native American tribes, led by the Lakota Sioux, say will endanger tribal and public fresh water across an area that spans several states. In a statement to Unicorn Riot, the Mississippi Stand confirmed their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline:

“Mississippi Stand comes together in solidarity with Standing Rock, because we acknowledge the importance of the protection and preservation of Native Land. It’s crucial that all water protectors rise up together to fight for our Mother Earth, and all who inhabit this beautiful planet. This begins with defending our most valuable life source, water.”

Meanwhile, protests continue near the Standing Rock camp at the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site in North Dakota despite the Justice Department’s order to stop construction on Army Corps of Engineer land. Twenty-one water protectors were arrested on Wednesday alone as militarized police with armored vehicles and shotguns descended upon peaceful protesters. The protesters were arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest, among other charges, Rob Keller of the Morton County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Anti-Media.

But local Native Americans are not alone in this fight. Tribes from all over the country have joined together in one of the largest shows of indigenous solidarity in history — and they are joined by climate activists, farmers, and landowners who have had their land confiscated through the force of eminent domain in order make room for the pipeline.

Since the corporate media has repeatedly shown it is unwilling to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, stay up to date by checking out Anti-Media’s coverage here (http://theantimedia.org/tag/dakota-access-pipeline/).

Lucille
10-01-2016, 11:25 AM
The protesters insist they aren't armed, like that's a good thing.

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Heavily Armed Cops Drop TEAR GAS On Peaceful Standing Rock Protesters.

Things are heating up at Standing Rock. After police spread lies yesterday about armed protesters who simply didn’t exist and they had no proof of, today they moved in with machine gun-wielding officers, and others loading shotguns as they descended on protesters

http://wearechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/standing-rock-1-1-600x154.jpg

Thomas H. Joseph II, one of the protesters on site, says the following:


We need everyone able to come join us at Standing Rock.

Today’s action where uncalled for, the police was a direct threat to woman and children.

We gathered in prayer un-armed, prayed, sang songs, and attempted to leave. No threats, No vandalism, No violence was taken on our part.

Flood the White House with phone calls and demand Obama to act and enforce his previous declaration of no construction. With state police protecting Dakota Access Pipeline his words are meaningless.

White House Phone Number: 202-456-1111

Watch the video below, make the call and help SPREAD THE WORD till this is HEADLINE NEWS!

http://wearechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sanding-rock-2-600x160.jpg
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Hours More of Today’s Dramatic Video Footage Can Be Seen Here..

–> – http://livestream.com/unicornriot/events/6419548- <—

From above, the “Water Protecters” say that the police dropped what was “either mustard or tear gas.”
See for yourself…


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U52ckwlasGA

Lucille
10-01-2016, 01:48 PM
Caught On Tape: Militarized Police Turn Peaceful Native American Protest Into War Zone
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-01/caught-tape-militarized-police-turn-peaceful-native-american-protest-war-zone


Following the activation of the North Dakota National Guard on September 8, peaceful Dakota Access Pipeline protests quickly became flooded with militarized law enforcement. Native American activists, or “water protectors,” have been standing in the way of the pipeline’s construction for months, successfully blocking it at the Sacred Stone camp near the Missouri River.

When the situation initially took a turn for the worse earlier this month, journalists on the ground who were broadcasting live video complained Facebook was blocking their streams. Now, videos and images from Wednesday are emerging that show an overwhelmingly militarized response to the peaceful prayer and protest.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CteryLVUkAAY2sI.jpg
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In the video, law enforcement can be seen using armored vehicles (MRAPs), shotguns, assault rifles, riot gear, tear gas, and helicopters to disperse the protesters. The police have turned peaceful prayers and acts of civil disobedience into a what now resembles a war zone. The Morton County Sheriff’s department confirmed to Anti-Media that 21 water protectors were arrested Wednesday. Several water protectors at the scene said a plane was used to drop tear gas — or some other form of crowd dispersants — on the group, though the Morton County Sheriff’s department has denied these allegations.

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The protests are rooted in the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s concerns that the Dakota Access Pipeline would pollute the area’s water supply and violate tribal treaties. Hundreds of Native American tribes have joined the blockade in solidarity. Landowners also joined the ongoing demonstrations after their land was seized through eminent domain to build the pipeline.

The protests received mainstream news coverage after the Department of Justice ordered a halt to construction on land owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. However, construction continues outside that area, and protests are growing more frequent and direct.

AZJoe
10-03-2016, 07:22 PM
Drop of few excerpts of Native American wisdom here:

I am a king in my own land, and will never become a vassal of a mortal like myself. Vile and pusillanimous is he who will submit to the yoke of another when he may be free. As for me and my people, we choose death--yes! A hundred deaths--before the loss of our liberty and the subjugation of our country. - Acuera (Timucua Tribe ), (C. 1539), said to Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto as relayed by captured native emissaries sent to meet Acuera.

We prefer to stay here and die, if necessary, to loss of liberty. We are free now and have plenty of beef, can dance all the time in obedience to the command of Great Wakantanka. - Short Bull, Tatankaptecelan (Sioux) (1890).

A hundred years of submission and servitude, of protectionism and paternalism have created psychological barriers for Indian people that are far more difficult to break down and conquer than are the problems of economic and social poverty. - David Courchene, Leading Thunderbird (Manitoba) (1969).



Most members of the National Indian Youth Council can remember when we were children and sent many hours at the feet of our grandfathers listening to stories of the time when the Indians were a great people, when we were free, when we were rich, when we lived the good life. At the same time we hear stories of droughts, famines, and pestilence among Indian people. But it is only recently that we realized that there was surely great material deprivation in those days, and that our old people felt rich because they were free. They were rich in the things of the spirit. But if there is one thing that characterizes the Indian life today it is poverty of the spirit. … we are poor in spirit because we are not free …

We are not free. We do not make choices. Our choices are made for us … these choices and decisions are made by Federal administrators, bureaucrats, and their yes men, euphemistically called tribal governments. … We have many rulers. They are called social workers, cops, school teachers, churches, et cetera, and recently OEO employees … they tell us what is good for us and how they programmed us … there is a struggle going on in America now between those who want more “local” control of programs and those who would keep the power and the purse in the hands of the Federal Government. … no one is arguing that the dispossessed, the poor , be given any control over their own destiny. …

Nor have those of us on the reservations fared any better under the paternalistic control of Federal administrators. … Some of us fear that this is the shape of things to come in the War on Poverty effort. … We are told in the not-so-subtle racist vocabulary of the modern middle class that our children are “deprived.” Exactly what they are deprived of seems to be unstated. We give our children love, warmth, and respect in our homes and the qualities necessary to be a warm human being. … Perhaps they have a hard time reconciling themselves to being a number on an IBM card. Nevertheless, many educators and politicians seem to assume that we, the poor, the Indians, are not capable of handling our own affairs and even raising our own children, and that the State institutions must do that job for us and take them away from us as soon as they can. My grandmother said last week, “Train your child well now for soon she will belong to her teacher and the schools.” …

Fifty years ago the Federal Government came into our communities and by force carried most of our children away to distant boarding schools for ten or twelve years. My father and many of my generation lived their childhoods in an almost prison-like atmosphere. Many returned unable even to speak their own language. Some returned to become drunks. … Very few ever became more than very confused, ambivalent, and immobilized individuals, never able to reconcile the tensions and contradictions built inside themselves by outside institutions. As you can imagine we have little faith in such kinds of Federal programs devised for our betterment, nor do we see education as a panacea for all ills. …

We must be free men and exercise free choices. We must make decisions about our own destinies. We must be able to learn and profit from our own mistakes. Only then can we become competent and prosperous communities. We must be free in the most literal sense of the word, not sold or coerced into accepting programs for our own good …

Freedom and prosperity are different sides of the same coin and there can be no freedom without complete responsibility. …
The solution to Indian poverty is not government programs, but in the competence of the person and his people. … - Clyde Warrior (Ponca) (February 3, 1967).

phill4paul
10-28-2016, 06:16 AM
POLICE FROM 5 STATES ESCALATE VIOLENCE, SHOOT HORSES TO CLEAR 1851 TREATY CAMP

Cannonball, ND - Over 300 police officers in riot gear, 8 ATVs, 5 armored vehicles, 2 helicopters, and numerous military-grade humvees showed up north of the newly formed frontline camp just east of Highway 1806. The 1851 Treaty Camp was set up this past Sunday directly in the path of the pipeline, on land recently purchased by DAPL. Today this camp, a reclamation of unceded Lakota territory affirmed as part of the Standing Rock Reservation in the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851, was violently cleared. Both blockades established this past weekend to enable that occupation were also cleared.

In addition to pepper spray and percussion grenades, shotguns were fired into the crowd with less lethal ammunition and a sound cannon was used (see images below). At least one person was tased and the barbed hook lodged in his face, just outside his eye. Another was hit in the face by a rubber bullet.

A prayer circle of elders, including several women, was interrupted and all were arrested for standing peacefully on the public road. A tipi was erected in the road and was recklessly dismantled, despite promises from law enforcement that they would merely mark the tipi with a yellow ribbon and ask its owners to retrieve it. A group of water protectors was also dragged out of a ceremony in a sweat lodge erected in the path of the pipeline, wearing minimal clothing, thrown to the ground, and arrested.

A member of the International Indigenous Youth Council (IIYC) that had her wrist broken during a mass-arrest on October 22nd was hurt again after an officer gripped her visibly injured wrist and twisted it during an attempted arrest. At least six other members of the youth council verified that they had been maced up to five times and were also shot and hit with bean bags. In addition to being assaulted, an altar item and sacred staff was wrenched from the hands of an IIYC member by police. Several other sacred items were reported stolen, including a canupa (sacred tobacco pipe).

Two medics giving aid at front line were hit with batons and thrown off the car they were sitting on. Then police grabbed another medic, who was driving the car, out of the driver side while it was still in motion. Another water protector had to jump into the car to stop it from hitting other people.

Members of the horse nation herded around 100 buffalo from the west and southwest of the Cannonball Ranch onto the the DAPL easement. One rider was reportedly hit with up to four rubber bullets his horse was reported to be hit in the legs by live rounds. Another horse was shot and did not survive.

A confirmed DAPL private security guard was spotted among the protectors with an automatic rifle heading towards camp. Water protectors acted swiftly to stop the man who was attempting to flee the scene in his pickup. One protector stopped the assailant’s vehicle with their own before the security guard fled to nearby waters, weapon in hand. Bureau of Indian Affairs police arrived on scene and apprehended him.

Three water protectors locked themselves to a truck in the middle of the road and surrounded it with large logs. After several hours of standoff, the police advanced in a sweep line and moved people approximately 1 mile back down the highway towards the main encampment on the Cannonball River. Water protectors then retreated to the bridge over Highway 1806 and erected a large burning blockade that the police were unable to cross.

Law enforcement from at least five states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska) were present today through EMAC, the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. This law was passed by the Bill Clinton administration and allows states to share law enforcement forces during emergencies. It is intended for natural disasters and has only been used twice for protests; once in the summer of 2015 during the demonstrations in Baltimore and here on the Standing Rock Reservation. Over 100 were arrested today in total.

Kandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental Network states, “I went to the frontline in prayer for protection of the Missouri River & found myself in what I can only describe as a war zone. I was sprayed in the face with pepper spray, the guy next to me was shot by something that didn't break the skin but appeared to have broken the ribs & another guy beside me was randomly snatched violently by police shoving me into the officers who held me off with batons then tried to grab me. I'm still in shock & keep waiting to wake from what's surely a nightmare though this is my reality as a native woman in 2016 trying to defend the sacred”

Eryn Wise of the International Indigenous Youth Council stated, “Today more than half of our youth council were attacked, injured or arrested. In addition to our brothers and sisters being hurt and incarcerated, we saw police steal our sacred staff. I have no words for what happened to any of us today. They are trying to again rewrite our narrative and we simply will not allow it. Our youth are watching and remember the faces of the officers that assaulted them. They pray for them.”

http://sacredstonecamp.org/blog/2016/10/28/police-from-5-states-escalate-violence-shoot-horses-to-clear-1851-treaty-camp

Ender
10-28-2016, 09:04 AM
Drop of few excerpts of Native american wisdom here:

I am a king in my own land, and will never become a vassal of a mortal like myself. Vile and pusillanimous is he who will submit to the yoke of another when he may be free. As for me and my people, we choose death--yes! A hundred deaths--before the loss of our liberty and the subjugation of our country. - Acuera (Timucua Tribe ), (C. 1539), said to Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto as relayed by captured native emissaries sent to meet Acuera.

We prefer to stay here and die, if necessary, to loss of liberty. We are free now and have plenty of beef, can dance all the time in obedience to the command of Great Wakantanka. - Short Bull, Tatankaptecelan (Sioux) (1890).

A hundred years of submission and servitude, of protectionism and paternalism have created psychological barriers for Indian people that are far more difficult to break down and conquer than are the problems of economic and social poverty. - David Courchene, Leading Thunderbird (Manitoba) (1969).



Most members of the National Indian Youth Council can remember when we were children and sent many hours at the feet of our grandfathers listening to stories of the time when the Indians were a great people, when we were free, when we were rich, when we lived the good life. At the same time we hear stories of droughts, famines, and pestilence among Indian people. But it is only recently that we realized that there was surely great material deprivation in those days, and that our old people felt rich because they were free. They were rich in the things of the spirit. But if there is one thing that characterizes the Indian life today it is poverty of the spirit. … we are poor in spirit because we are not free …

We are not free. We do not make choices. Our choices are made for us … these choices and decisions are made by Federal administrators, bureaucrats, and their yes men, euphemistically called tribal governments. … We have many rulers. They are called social workers, cops, school teachers, churches, et cetera, and recently OEO employees … they tell us what is good for us and how they programmed us … there is a struggle going on in America now between those who want more “local” control of programs and those who would keep the power and the purse in the hands of the Federal Government. … no one is arguing that the dispossessed, the poor , be given any control over their own destiny. …

Nor have those of us on the reservations fared any better under the paternalistic control of Federal administrators. … Some of us fear that this is the shape of things to come in the War on Poverty effort. … We are told in the not-so-subtle racist vocabulary of the modern middle class that our children are “deprived.” Exactly what they are deprived of seems to be unstated. We give our children love, warmth, and respect in our homes and the qualities necessary to be a warm human being. … Perhaps they have a hard time reconciling themselves to being a number on an IBM card. Nevertheless, many educators and politicians seem to assume that we, the poor, the Indians, are not capable of handling our own affairs and even raising our own children, and that the State institutions must do that job for us and take them away from us as soon as they can. My grandmother said last week, “Train your child well now for soon she will belong to her teacher and the schools.” …

Fifty years ago the Federal Government came into our communities and by force carried most of our children away to distant boarding schools for ten or twelve years. My father and many of my generation lived their childhoods in an almost prison-like atmosphere. Many returned unable even to speak their own language. Some returned to become drunks. … Very few ever became more than very confused, ambivalent, and immobilized individuals, never able to reconcile the tensions and contradictions built inside themselves by outside institutions. As you can imagine we have little faith in such kinds of Federal programs devised for our betterment, nor do we see education as a panacea for all ills. …

We must be free men and exercise free choices. We must make decisions about our own destinies. We must be able to learn and profit from our own mistakes. Only then can we become competent and prosperous communities. We must be free in the most literal sense of the word, not sold or coerced into accepting programs for our own good …

Freedom and prosperity are different sides of the same coin and there can be no freedom without complete responsibility. …
The solution to Indian poverty is not government programs, but in the competence of the person and his people. … - Clyde Warrior (Ponca) (February 3, 1967).

This is EXACTLY what public schools were formed and what their mission is- most of us are to submerged in The Matrix to even recognize it.

Origanalist
11-04-2016, 02:31 PM
I'm cool with handling the guards, but leave the dogs out of it, OK?

Dogs are good people.

Not when they're biting you.

Origanalist
11-04-2016, 02:34 PM
Someone Just Donated $2.5 Million To Bail Out Everyone Arrested At Standing Rock

http://www.activistpost.com/2016/11/someone-just-donated-2-5-million-bail-everyone-arrested-standing-rock.html?utm_content=buffer2e8e8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Origanalist
11-04-2016, 02:41 PM
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phill4paul
11-04-2016, 02:52 PM
794255752055562240

Yeah, that was some fucked up shit.

Dr.No.
11-04-2016, 08:54 PM
I sympathize with the protestors, but their rhetoric is supremely grating. "Water protectors", "praying for souls", etc.

Lucille
11-23-2016, 08:20 AM
Hundreds Of Veterans Heading To Standing Rock To Defend DAPL Protesters From Police
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/hundreds-veterans-heading-standing-rock-defend-dapl-protesters-police


According to an article published by Business Insider that first appeared in Task and Purpose, a military-oriented news and culture site, two veterans are leading the charge in a show of dissent against the increasingly aggressive police. In the last several months, tensions have escalated as Natives and their allies have blocked the pipeline’s construction, citing fears surrounding water will be endangered and sacred burial sites will be destroyed (not to mention the fact their lands were forcibly stolen by the U.S. government over a century ago).

“This country is repressing our people,” says Michael A. Wood Jr., a Marine Corps veteran who recently retired from the Baltimore police force to work toward reforming law enforcement. “If we’re going to be heroes, if we’re really going to be those veterans that this country praises, well, then we need to do the things that we actually said we’re going to do when we took the oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic,” he asserted about his plans to go to Standing Rock.
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“First Americans have served in the Unites States Military, defending the soil of our homelands, at a greater percentage than any other group of Americans. There is no other people more deserving of veteran support,” he said.

According to a Facebook event the two men created called “Veterans Stand for Standing Rock,” those who join the effort will arrive at the protest site on December 4, where they will stay until December 7.

The event description reads:


“Come to Standing Rock Indian Reservation and hold the line with Wes Clark jr, Michael Wood Jr, Tulsi Gabbard and hundreds of other veterans in support of the Sioux nation against the DAPL pipeline. Bring Body armor, gas masks, earplugs AND shooting mufflers (we may be facing a sound cannon) but no drugs, alcohol or weapons.”

Clark Jr. was clear he was not looking for violence and that the protest would be unarmed.


“We’re not going out there to get in a fight with anyone,” he said. “They can feel free to beat us up, but we’re 100% nonviolence.”

"Unarmed." They say that like it's a good thing.

More at the link, and here (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?504517-Dakota-Accees-Pipeline-Protests-woman-s-arm-blown-off-by-grenade).