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| Arrests as North Dakota cops remove pipeline protesters from private land | Arrests as North Dakota cops remove pipeline protesters from private land |
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| Hundreds of police in riot gear and with heavy military equipment are moving Dakota Access Pipeline protesters from their encampment on private land in North Dakota. Police have begun arresting demonstrators. | Hundreds of police in riot gear and with heavy military equipment are moving Dakota Access Pipeline protesters from their encampment on private land in North Dakota. Police have begun arresting demonstrators. |
| Police have entered the sacred ground camp and surrounded protesters there. The stream from the site shows more than hundred protesters at the front line. | |
| “Move to the south,” police said over the loudspeaker. | |
| “We see some of you have bows. Do not shoot bows and arrows at us,” they added, as protesters laughed. | |
| National Guard troops and police are removing tents and other possessions from the new encampment, which the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says is sacred land granted to them via treaty in 1851. | |
| Law enforcement were using a long range acoustic device (LRAD) sonic weapon that can be heard at live streams. | |
| Riot police used mace and tasers on the protesters who were defending the new Oceti Sakowin camp, according to social media and live streams from the site. | |
| The stand-off with police had lasted for several hours before authorties moved closer to the camp and started arresting people. The number of arrested is currently unclear. | The stand-off with police had lasted for several hours before authorties moved closer to the camp and started arresting people. The number of arrested is currently unclear. |
| The protesters are currently blocking state Highway 1806, which law enforcement is attempting to clear using cop cars and military - style vehicles. | The protesters are currently blocking state Highway 1806, which law enforcement is attempting to clear using cop cars and military - style vehicles. |
| Police have said that they will defend themselves against horses, journalist Wes Enzinna tweeted. | Police have said that they will defend themselves against horses, journalist Wes Enzinna tweeted. |
| “Do not rides horses at the police,” law enforcement announced. | “Do not rides horses at the police,” law enforcement announced. |
| “You’re endangering people’s lives by what you’re doing,” police told the protesters, telling them to move south or be arrested. People will not be arrested if they return to the main camp, one officer said at the barricade. | “You’re endangering people’s lives by what you’re doing,” police told the protesters, telling them to move south or be arrested. People will not be arrested if they return to the main camp, one officer said at the barricade. |
| Protesters are burning tires, logs and other objects, sending smoke onto the roadway. A car has also been torched, journalist Jason Patinkin tweeted. | Protesters are burning tires, logs and other objects, sending smoke onto the roadway. A car has also been torched, journalist Jason Patinkin tweeted. |
| Although the Federal Aviation Administration has restricted flights over the Cannon Ball area until November 5, there is a police helicopter above the faceoff, journalist Antonia Juhasz tweeted.More than 260 protesters have been arrested in the weeks leading up to Thursday’s operation, AP reported. | Although the Federal Aviation Administration has restricted flights over the Cannon Ball area until November 5, there is a police helicopter above the faceoff, journalist Antonia Juhasz tweeted.More than 260 protesters have been arrested in the weeks leading up to Thursday’s operation, AP reported. |
| In the morning police made a line in front of the fence and the company workers are behind them. The tents of the so-called North Camp were located a stone’s throw away from the police line. Authorities insist that this camp should be removed, according to activist Atsa E'sha Hoferer live-streaming from the site. | |
| People on the barricades are retreating peacefully amid chants of “hands up, don’t shoot!” | People on the barricades are retreating peacefully amid chants of “hands up, don’t shoot!” |
| People are moving from the road towards the construction site. “We might as well get arrested defending the sacred,” a protester told the Bismarck Tribune’s Caroline Grueskin. | People are moving from the road towards the construction site. “We might as well get arrested defending the sacred,” a protester told the Bismarck Tribune’s Caroline Grueskin. |
| Construction on the pipeline has resumed within sight of the confrontation on the state highway. | Construction on the pipeline has resumed within sight of the confrontation on the state highway. |