Tensions over the Dakota Access oil pipeline flared again Sunday when
North Dakota law enforcement used water cannons to disperse a group of
about 400 protesters trying to move past a barricaded bridge toward
construction sites for the project. As temperatures in Cannon Ball, N.D., dropped into
the 20s, police in riot gear sprayed activists with a hose mounted atop
an armored vehicle and formed a line to prevent them from advancing up
the road, according to the Bismarck Tribune.
Protesters also reported being pelted with rubber bullets, tear gas
and concussion grenades during the standoff, which lasted until late
Sunday night. A grainy Facebook Live video
from the scene shows throngs of people gathered around the Backwater
Bridge on Highway 1806, with flood lights shining down on the grass and
road below and a haze of smoke and water vapor rising near police
vehicles. The clashes began around 6 p.m., when protesters tried to remove burned
out trucks that had been blocking the bridge since authorities and
activists faced off there in late October. Police have since set up wire
and concrete barriers on the bridge, which is about a mile south
of where the pipeline developer plans to drill...more
Here is the video:
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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