North Dakota Democratic Senator seeks Trump’s help to tackle DAPL protesters

‘Following President Donald Trump’s order removing obstacles to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp has written to the president calling for federal support in dealing with protesters.
Trump signed orders advancing the project, along with the Keystone XL pipeline, on Tuesday in a move the Indigenous Environmental Network described as “insane and extreme.”
In a letter to Trump following the orders, Heitkamp appealed for federal support for law enforcement agencies who have “engaged in addressing ongoing protest activities.”
“North Dakota state and local law enforcement have been managing the response to the protest activities and events related to the protests in the surrounding area for several months now – and at significant cost to state and local departments and governments,” Heitkamp wrote.’
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