Cops Fire Tear Gas On Water Protectors As They Attempt To Reclaim Sacred Land

‘As the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline nears its planned Missouri River crossing, protesters are remaining strong in their fight to protect the water source of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe from the threat of the oil pipeline.
For many weeks now, law enforcement has acted as a militarized force protecting the interests of Energy Transfer Partners and their Wall St. investors. Sacred Native American lands are of no consequence, as we saw in September when DAPL bulldozers took a 20-mile detour to deliberately destroy burial grounds.
Militarized police have regularly attacked protesters and their camp sites as construction continues, with recent occurrences on Nov. 2 and Oct. 27.’
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