More Protesters Arrested at Dakota Pipeline as Officers Move to Clear Site

In a Facebook post, the governor added that transportation will be provided to the center from the camp. And at 4:00, we got word that they were coming in.

At its peak, the camp was home to thousands of people who called themselves “water protectors” in one of the largest environmental protests in American history. But, numerous people, who were lived in the land has left the place peacefully when they were approached by the government, while on the other hand the majority stayed the place and protest against the government. They didn’t divulge the outcome of the talks.

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline, ordered out of their protest camp last week, have vowed to keep up efforts to stop the multi-billion-dollar project and take their protests to other pipelines. A helicopter and airplane flew overhead. And that was about 10 people that got arrested yesterday, mostly all media.

Fellow protestor Genevieve Hock said she learned so much by being part of the demonstrations. The Corps had warned that the protesters need to leave the site before the spring melt floods the land. Culturally significant structures like the tepees in the camp won’t be destroyed. Some protesters are outdoors, but away from the officers.

The North Dakota Joint Information Center reports that 46 people were arrested today.

Officers walked into the camp wearing riot gear, driving military vehicles and carrying guns.

Most of the protesters who spoke to Fox News said fighting the pipeline was a life-changing experience. They were gone when police began massing.

Another large fire is seen at the Dakota Access pipeline, on February 22, 2017, as authorities prepared to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season. But the Sioux and the Cheyenne River tribe, along with the support of some 33 other Native groups, have asked a district judge to overturn that permission, according to ABC. A SWAT vehicle is at the scene. He believes the protest was a success because it had raised awareness of pipeline issues nationwide.

The protests may have ended, but the fight against the pipeline will continue, say organizers. While most left, many made a decision to ignore the warning and stayed put. Ten people were arrested.

The oil industry has long contended that transporting oil through pipelines is far safer than by truck or train. Tribes say it threatens their water supply and cultural sites. He maintains his innocence.

Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson says the immediate goal is to clean up the camp that has existed since August and once housed thousands of people. The agency said it was concerned about protesters’ safety and about the environmental effects of tents, cars, garbage and other items in the camp being washed into nearby rivers.

Anthony Gazotti, an activist from Denver, for one, said he does not plan on leaving the campsite. That land also is Corps-managed but is on the Standing Rock Reservation, where North Dakota authorities don’t have jurisdiction.

“Those treaties are void so this land is ours, by law by right”. And right now, to get people out of the camps is nearly impossible with the mud.

Most water protectors voluntarily left the camp ahead of a Wednesday deadline. Doug Burgum said law enforcement officers remained outside the camp.

A lot of credit for Wednesday’s successful action has to be given to Burgum, tribal officials and camp leaders for holding advance meetings to establish the ground rules for the evacuation.