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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVeterans to Serve as Human Shields for Dakota Pipeline Protesters
By CHRISTOPHER MELENOV. 29, 2016
As many as 2,000 veterans planned to gather next week at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota to serve as human shields for protesters who have for months clashed with the police over the construction of an oil pipeline, organizers said.
The effort, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is planned as a nonviolent intervention to defend the demonstrators from what the group calls assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force.
The veterans plan coincides with an announcement on Tuesday by law enforcement officials that they may begin imposing fines to block supplies from entering the main protest camp after a mandatory evacuation order from the governor. Officials had warned earlier of a physical blockade, but the governors office later backed away from that, Reuters said.
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A spokesman for the North Dakota State Highway Patrol, Lt. Thomas O. Iverson, said in an email on Monday, Law enforcement is aware of the upcoming event planned for December 4-7. He added, If the group remains lawful and refrains from blocking the roadway, there will be no issues.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/veterans-to-serve-as-human-shields-for-pipeline-protesters.html
As many as 2,000 veterans planned to gather next week at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota to serve as human shields for protesters who have for months clashed with the police over the construction of an oil pipeline, organizers said.
The effort, called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is planned as a nonviolent intervention to defend the demonstrators from what the group calls assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force.
The veterans plan coincides with an announcement on Tuesday by law enforcement officials that they may begin imposing fines to block supplies from entering the main protest camp after a mandatory evacuation order from the governor. Officials had warned earlier of a physical blockade, but the governors office later backed away from that, Reuters said.
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A spokesman for the North Dakota State Highway Patrol, Lt. Thomas O. Iverson, said in an email on Monday, Law enforcement is aware of the upcoming event planned for December 4-7. He added, If the group remains lawful and refrains from blocking the roadway, there will be no issues.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/veterans-to-serve-as-human-shields-for-pipeline-protesters.html
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Veterans to Serve as Human Shields for Dakota Pipeline Protesters (Original Post)
pinboy3niner
Nov 2016
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kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)1. Very nice! Great of them to do this.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)2. Am I way out of line here in asking where is our President?
I mean.....
what is happening is just sickening.....
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)3. I know
I do NOT understand! This is out of character for him. There must be some reason we don't understand, but...
These people are TRUE heroes
pangaia
(24,324 posts)4. I am not so sure it is out of character...
cwydro
(51,308 posts)5. K and r.
Bravo.