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Sheriffs Dept Demands ACE Hardware Stop Selling Heating Supplies To Water Protectors, ACE Complieshttp://www.activistpost.com/2016/11/sheriffs-dept-demands-ace-hardware-stop-selling-heating-supplies-water-protectors-ace-complies.html
As part of the Morton County Sheriffs Departments effort to quash the movement camped in opposition to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, national chain ACE hardware stores have been instructed by law enforcement not to sell any incendiary devices that includes propane tanks Standing Rock Sioux water protectors partially rely on for heat in the bitter winter conditions.
In other words, law enforcement has effectively quashed the sale of potentially life-saving supplies to those encamped at Standing Rock as bitter winter conditions grip the Oceti Sakowin and other camps
I am so pissed at what is going on here (I live in Mandan which is in Morton County in ND).
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Two incompatible allegations are being made. One (local LEO and ACE corporate) writes the Sheriff's Dept. requested, the other writes the SD demanded.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Stores are individually owned and the store owners own the ACE co-op.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retailers%27_cooperative
http://www.acehardware.com/corp/index.jsp?page=faq
Has this request/demand been made of any other hardware stores in the area?
mopinko
(70,140 posts)no wonder there are so many wonderful little ace stores that sell exactly what you need. so many little things that i know a certain ace will have.
very interesting.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)and "Do It Best" is another one.
TwilightZone
(25,472 posts)Qanisqineq
(4,826 posts)Because people are talking about iit here. My husband heard it at work, too. I just used what I could find online.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)How the hell does an idea like this work? --- "So what if a few people die, we can't let them have heat if we disagree with them."
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)if so why is the sheriff even involved.