Protesters, Including Kids, Mauled As Private Mercenaries Attack Native American Pipeline Protests

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53. "May be"? It is trespassing and they crossed

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the fence to stop the bulldozers even though that private property was protected by guards and workmen with guard dogs who had been granted rights to be there by the property owners. The trespassers also brought some big dogs themselves.

Now, assuming I were among that group and imagined that sites I'd paid no attention to before and never visited before were nevertheless sacred to me, I would have crossed also to try to stop the bulldozing.

BUT, and here's a big but -- I wouldn't lie and pretend that these guys who were doing their job somehow came outside the fence and attacked me. This was incited by the trespassers. I imagine IF I were one of them I'd have been proud of it and certainly not lied and pretended I was a victim.

I'd be far, far prouder, though, if we'd just purchased the land a long time ago, or even if we'd gone and confronted the pipeline company owners at their homes some time ago, however, alerting the media to that. You know, the guys who ordered the bulldozers out this time before a court order could be belatedly obtained. People from 500 tribes demanding changes in the yards of oil barons and/or corrupt legislators, threatening to clobber them with flag poles, would be something I could really get behind.

Wikipedia:

Dakota Access, LLC is a fully owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP), a Master limited partnership based in Dallas, Texas. Morningstar described ETP as a "steady source of income over the long haul", because of the Master limited partnership mandate for big dividends, avoiding the "double taxation" of dividends.[6]

In June 2014 Energy Transfer's board of directors approved of the Bakken pipeline. In October 2014 Houston-based Phillips 66 became a joint venture partner owning a 25 percent stake. Phillips co-owns the 'Energy Transfer' crude oil pipeline from Patoka to storage terminals in Nederland, Texas. It co-owns the storage terminals with Philadelphia-based Sunoco Logistics Partners.[1] Sunoco is a fully owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners since 2012.

Energy Transfer Equity was founded in 1995[1] and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.[1] They employ 5,000 individuals[1] including the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kelcy Warren.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. is a master limited partnership owning and operating one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. ETP has natural gas operations that include approximately 24,000 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines, treating and processing assets, and storage facilities.

Billionaire Kelcy Warren. He lives in Houston, so if they wanted to hit him with their flag poles they'd probably need to lease busses and head on down.