{"id":80499,"date":"2016-10-03T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=80499"},"modified":"2016-10-01T13:47:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T12:47:06","slug":"military-style-raid-ends-native-prayer-against-dakota-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/military-style-raid-ends-native-prayer-against-dakota-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Military-Style Raid Ends Native Prayer Against Dakota Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up to 21 people were arrested during a peaceful prayer service.<\/em><\/p>\n

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North Dakota authorities using heavy handed tactics on Water Protectors. | Photo: Facebook \/ Sacred Stone Camp, Rob Wilson Photography<\/p><\/div>\n

29 Sep 2016 – <\/em>North Dakota police with military-style equipment surrounded Native Americans gathered in prayer against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on Wednesday, disrupting their plan to cross sacred and treaty-protected land in protest of a project they fear will destroy their livelihood.<\/p>\n

OPINION<\/strong>: The Vicious Dogs of Manifest Destiny Resurface in North Dakota<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cND authorities deploy armed personnel with shotguns and assault rifles, military vehicles, and aerial spray on peaceful Water Protectors gathered in prayer,\u201d wrote the Sacred Stone Camp, in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

Officers with military-style armored vehicles and shotguns threatened the protesters, who call themselves \u201cwater protectors\u201d for defending the Missouri River from imminent pollution, reported Unicorn Riot. Up to 21 were arrested, the channel reported.<\/p>\n

Witnesses filmed the crackdown but said their access their Facebook was blocked. One participant, Thomas H. Joseph II, posted a chilling video narrating the mobilization and his getaway. Helicopters are heard as he says that tear gas is being dropped, and an officer loads his gun as protesters, some on horseback, chant, “We have no guns.”<\/p>\n

In the video, Joseph said that \u201cone guy\u2019s about ready to blast us\u201d but later added that no fires were shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gathered in prayer un-armed, prayed, sang songs, and attempted to leave,” he later wrote in a Facebook post. “No threats, No vandalism, No violence was taken on our part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police and private security<\/a> personnel have been more aggressively cracking down on actions against the pipeline since the governor declared a state of emergency. The state is currently investigating an incident in which contracted private security film Frost Kennels unleashed dogs<\/a> during a nonviolent direct action, ending with six bitten, including a pregnant woman and a child, according to organizers at the action.<\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YE4dUh947Ag<\/p>\n

Alternative media outlet Unicorn Riot previously accused Facebook<\/a> of censoring its livestream of police repression, saying they received a popup security alert when they tried to post the video.<\/p>\n

RELATED<\/em><\/strong>: Over 1,200 Academics Sign Petition Against Dakota Pipeline<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not let them stop our mission to amplify the voices of people who might otherwise go unheard, and broadcast the stories that might otherwise go untold,\u201c they told RT.<\/p>\n

The pipeline, expected to transport over half a million barrels of oil a day through four states, has united over 300 tribes in resistance. Several lawsuits are pending against the company, which has retaliated with restraining orders. The White House halted construction on federal land, which makes up three percent of the pipeline’s path, but has not issued any other statement against the pipeline\u2014motivating Facebook users to demand a response after Wednesday’s crackdown.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama met with tribal representatives on Monday but only made an indirect reference to the historic native gathering: \u201cI know that many of you have come together across tribes and across the country to support the community at Standing Rock,\u201c he said. \u201cAnd together, you\u2019re making your voices heard.\u201c<\/p>\n

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CORRECTION<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n

A prior version of this article described the Sacred Stone Camp as the main tribal-led camp. This is not correct. The Oceti Sakowin is the main tribal-led camp. <\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 telesurtv.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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