2016 Postmortem

Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:45 AM Nov 2016

Anonymous donor pays $2.5 million to release everyone arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline

Anonymous donor pays $2.5 million to release everyone arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline

Family members of Caddo Nation chairwoman Tamara Francis-Fourkiller said an anonymous donor paid $2.5 million late Saturday afternoon to release everyone arrested on Thursday at the Dakota Access Pipeline site.

The project, which would transport crude oil from the Bakken oil field to a refinery near Chicago, first sparked demonstrations in April, when members of the Standing Rock Lakota and other Native American nations rode on horseback and established the Sacred Stone “spiritual camp”.

Thousands of activists have since traveled to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, including members of tribes from across the US, launching a huge and continuing protest that has become a rallying cry for indigenous rights, climate change activism and environmental conservation.

Leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux say the pipeline, a project of the Texas-based corporation Energy Transfer Partners, threatens the water supply and cultural heritage and would destroy sacred lands. ................

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Anonymous donor pays $2.5 million to release everyone arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline (Original Post) Coyotl Nov 2016 OP

THANK YOU to whoever that is!! niyad Nov 2016 #1

+1 dae Nov 2016 #3

K & R SunSeeker Nov 2016 #2

Wonderful TryLogic Nov 2016 #4

Wonderful news Hekate Nov 2016 #5

Of course that 2.5 million windfall LiberalLovinLug Nov 2016 #6

niyad

(134,045 posts)

1. THANK YOU to whoever that is!!

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Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:29 PM

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dae

(3,396 posts)

3. +1

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:17 PM

Nov 2016

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)

2. K & R

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Tue Nov 1, 2016, 01:58 PM

Nov 2016

TryLogic

(2,296 posts)

4. Wonderful

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Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:21 PM

Nov 2016

Hekate

(100,133 posts)

5. Wonderful news

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Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:24 PM

Nov 2016

LiberalLovinLug

(14,757 posts)

6. Of course that 2.5 million windfall

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 03:07 PM

Nov 2016

will go into more riot gear and military equipment for the police.

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