Why Police From 7 Different States Invaded a Standing Rock Camp—and Other Questions

[G_j]

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To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That’s one answer.

Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn posted Oct 31, 2016
On Thursday, scores of law enforcement officers from seven different states showed up with riot gear, armored vehicles, and military weaponry to clear away Standing Rock’s newest camp, the “1851 Treaty Camp.” The camp stands directly in the path of the Dakota Access pipeline. Tipis and sweat lodges were destroyed. Vehicles were set ablaze. More than 140 protesters were arrested.

The county sheriff is claiming the water protectors were violent and that police were stopping a riot. But hours of live video feed from people caught in the confrontation showed instead a military-style assault on unarmed people: police beating people with batons, police with assault rifles, chemical mace, guns firing rubber bullets and beanbag rounds, tasers.

Dave Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, has maintained that its citizens and supporters are engaging in peaceful, nonviolent expressions of their opposition to the pipeline.

Tara Houska, national campaigns director for the Native environmental group Honor the Earth, and Thane Maxwell, an organizer with Honor the Earth, have been at the camp for months. They describe what is happening:

Law enforcement from at least six other states have been involved in the assaults in North Dakota. And Morton County’s sheriff claims the federal government’s refusal to provide manpower and financial assistance factored into the call for help from other states. Tell me about the law that allows this.

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[Mike__M]

1. Yes

"Five hundred years of oppression is enough."

[niyad]

2. k and r

[lpbk2713]

3. They are holding up a multi Billion $$ enterprise.

I admire their courage but the deck is stacked against them.
Hiring mercenaries is part of the cost of doing business to
the pipeline decision makers. They have no conscience.

[PufPuf23]

4. Time for POTUS Obama to show up at Standing Rock and employ the National Guard

to protect and support the protesters.

Hillary Clinton would be good to show up and support the protesters as well.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. When has the fed

ever lived up to a treaty with Native Americans?

[Snarkoleptic]

5. Corporate America always gets it's way.

Now if they were armed white folks thumbing their noses at the authorities at, say a federal wildlife sanctuary, OTOH....

The anti-gubmint, pro-corporate types love to hate the commons.

[ismnotwasm]

6. K&R

[kristopher]

7. The Natural Disaster Assistance Law

This Natural Disaster Assistance Law Is Why Other States Are Policing Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
By Steve Horn • Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 14:28


Almost exactly 20 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill creating an interstate agreement for emergency management. That inconspicuous law has opened the door for the current flood of out-of-state law enforcement agents present at the continuing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota.

The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) authorized states to enter into agreements with other states in order to share emergency management–related personnel during crisis situations. One of the only other times this compact was deployed outside of a natural disaster was for the Black Lives Matter protests in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray.

DeSmog reviews the use of this controversial authorization below. News is just breaking now that police are removing protesters at the site right now.

According to a history of EMAC published in September 2014, the compact centers around empowering states to respond to massive hurricanes, and in particular, Hurricane Andrew, which caused nearly $25 billion in damages when it hit Florida and Louisiana in 1992.

“Passage of EMAC in Congress was a relatively smooth process,” reads the history of EMAC. “It was mainly a matter of obtaining sponsors and getting EMAC on the congressional calendar. Introduction of the bill occurred soon enough after Hurricane Andrew that memories of the hurricane’s destruction still lingered.”...

More at http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/10/27/emergency-assistance-law-dakota-access-pipeline-out-state-cops

[Mc Mike]

8. State repugs playing at secession and civil war, to help oil nazis. rec, Nt

[awoke_in_2003]

10. The pipeline was originally supposed to cross the Missouri

upstream from Bismark, but it was moved due to concern that Bismark's water supply would be contaminated. So, they moved the crossing a half a mile upstream from the reservation. This is exactly how we have treated Native Americans for 400 years.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Plus infinity

[icymist]

12. Someone is going to get killed. Maybe then the media will pay attention.

Did they really shoot horses?

Yes. On Thursday, I saw the police shoot many rubber bullets at a horse at point blank range. Police in ATVs also chased horses in full gallop herding buffalo towards the confrontation, and shot them with both rubber bullets and live ammunition. One horse did not survive.

[G_j]

13. this

for those with ears, let them hear!