A citizen journalist in Morton County, North Dakota is facing up to
seven years in jail for flying a drone over the North Dakota Pipeline
protests. In October, Aaron Turgeon was arrested by Morton
County Police and was charged with a felony count of Reckless
Endangerment, a misdemeanor count of Reckless Endangerment, and a
misdemeanor count of Physical Obstruction of a Government Function,
according to court documents obtained by Motherboard. Together, he faces
up to seven years in court if found guilty. His court case is Thursday. For weeks, Turgeon (who also goes by "Prolific the Rapper") documented the North Dakota Access Pipeline protests for several Facebook groups that livestreamed and posted photos and videos about the movement. Several of these aerial videos documented police shooting protesters with water cannons and tear gas canisters...more
Update: Turgeon was found not guilty on all counts Thursday evening.
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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