US veterans to form human shield at Dakota pipeline protest

[deminks]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/us-veterans-to-form-human-shield-at-dakota-pipeline-protest/

More than 2,000 U.S. military veterans plan to form a human shield to protect protesters of a pipeline project near a Native American reservation in North Dakota, organizers said.

Meanwhile, North Dakota law enforcement will not make spot checks on vehicles headed to the camp where activists are based, the governor’s office said on Wednesday, backing away from a previous plan.

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Former U.S. Marine Michael A. Wood Jr is leading the effort along with Wesley Clark Jr, a writer whose father is retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark.

U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii and a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard, has said on Twitter she will join the protesters on Sunday.

The veterans will bolster the thousands of people protesting at camps located on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land, north of the Cannonball River in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

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[gratuitous]

1. Good on the vets

A friend of mine is driving a newly-acquired pickup truck full of blankets and coats to North Dakota at the end of the week. It will be interesting to see if he's allowed through.

[Auntie Bush]

2. That's what I call good news!

Yeah! For the veterans!

[malaise]

6. Great news

Rec

[Achilleaze]

3. Thank you America's veterans

Note that absolutely no Republican chickenhawks have volunteered.

[think]

4. K&R

[senaca]

5. K & R