Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs & Pepper Spray

[yuiyoshida]

[2naSalit]

1. Just like

Back in the Pinkerton days, ugh! Wake up everyone, this shit happened just the same way about a century ago, we never seem to learn.

[Coyotl]

17. VIDEO: Sheriff Says Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters “Ambushed and Assaulted” Private Security Work

https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/sheriff-says-dakota-access-pipeline-protesters-ambushed-assaulted-private-security-workers/

According to a report from the Morton County Sheriff’s Department, a large group of the protesters who have been working to obstruct the Dakota Access Pipeline “ambushed and assaulted” private security workers guarding one of the construction sites.

“This was more like a riot than a protest. Individuals crossed onto private property and accosted private security officers with wooden posts and flag poles,” Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeir said in a press release. “The aggression and violence displayed here today is unlawful and should not be repeated. While no arrests were made at the scene, we are actively investigating the incident and individuals who organized and participated in this unlawful event.”

You can read the full release below, but here’s an excerpt of accounts of the incident from some of the private security workers: .............

In other words, "We stole this land and the people we stole it from have no rights because it is ours now."

[malthaussen]

2. Yeah, and it seems like "nobody" authorized it.

Just high spirits, I guess.

Wonder if the media will take notice if the mercenaries start shooting.

-- Mal

[Coyotl]

19. Intentional provocation is far likelier.

[ghostsinthemachine]

3. And nobody cares...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028138807 thread I started the other day. The battle escalates, and nobody gives a flying fuck. Sad state we are in.

[Plucketeer]

4. I care!

These people speak for me with their brave actiions. I SO wish I could be there with them! They're an integral part of the REVOLUTION against the Establishment and I thank them for their service!

[ghostsinthemachine]

6. Me too, but the rest of the world?

Even the people here couldn't care less if they wanted to.

[ciaobaby]

12. It would seem that way.

Hillary needs to step up and express her support for which ever side she supports.

[ghostsinthemachine]

13. She supports both sides surely....(nt)

[malthaussen]

5. From the evidence of the video...

... it does appear that those pitiful, scraggly mercenaries lost control of their mutts because they haven't got the faintest notion of how to control them. And the dogs themselves look like some pretty sad articles, too. I suspect somebody in Corporate hired a bunch of twerps on the cheap and didn't much care what happened. But did you see the size of that pepper spray canister the one dude was carrying?

Excited dogs and amateur handlers. Brilliant.

-- Mal

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yep. What a fucking joke.

Those dogs all have pinch collars on them, which tells me they aren't really trained for any sort of crowd control purposes. "Security force", my fat ass. Nothing but a bunch of run-of-the-mill employees who were handed untrained German shepherd type dogs, and told to do crowd control. And, they're lucky one of those horses didn't kick the hell out of them and their dogs.

How the hell is any of this legal?

[malthaussen]

10. That is what I have been trying to find out for weeks.

Local LEO claims all he knows is "some people were trespassing and it got out of hand." Aye-up. On what basis the corporation can fence off and dig up treaty-protected land is a question to which I have discovered no answer.

-- Mal

[Travis_0004]

21. Is it treaty protected?

Its not on any reservation?

[malthaussen]

22. See complaint in #20 below.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is custodian of the property.

-- Mal

[suffragette]

24. “The cops watched the whole thing from up on the hills,” Frejo said.

“It felt like they were trying to provoke us into being being violent when we’re peaceful.”


http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/09/04/manning-and-then-dogs-came-dakota-access-gets-violent-destroys-graves-sacred-sites-165677

[prairierose]

7. Enbridge does not seem to think...

they need permits to build this pipeline. The corps of engineers admitted that Enbridge does not have permits to build near the river.

Thank you Native people for protecting our water. I grew up on the Missouri river and can not imagine the hardship oil pollution would cause.

[Cryptoad]

9. Damn Indians,,,,,,

why dont they go back to India ! /s

[ciaobaby]

11. Where is Hillary ?

[Coyotl]

14. How is it anywhere near humane to allow dogs to be used to attack humans. Why is this legal?

What kind of world do we live in when someone thinks a dog can be used for this purpose. It is a horrible thing to allow this and it is a terrible thing to do to a dog.

[LakeArenal]

15. Folks like these make America Great every day Mr. Trump..

[ciaobaby]

16. The problem continues without comment or support from Barack or Hillary - not a good thing

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) came out against the pipeline on Thursday, saying, “Regardless of the court’s decision, the Dakota Access pipeline must be stopped

[malthaussen]

20. Some hard info on the case:

Last edited Sun Sep 4, 2016, 06:09 PM - Edit history (1)

http://earthjustice.org/features/faq-standing-rock-litigation

US Army Corps of Engineers apparently owns the land in question. They have fast-tracked permits for all construction up to the final permit, an easement for running a pipeline under the river. The tribe has sued the Corps for insufficient custodianship, and requested an injunction, which the Court is presently sitting on. Meanwhile, construction in areas already issued permits continues, and this is one such area where construction is taking place.

In another area, the tribes filed information on sacred sites as part of the above suit, whereupon the pipeline company sent earth movers to raze the areas before any action could be taken. No site, no problem, yeah?

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

23. Both the Guardian and the BBC have a story up about the protest...

Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/04/north-dakota-pipeline-protest-violent-cultural-burial-sites-destroyed

BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37249617

Guardian article about today's incident, rehash of AP release.

BBC more general, published Friday.

-- Mal