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Source: nymag.co
December 1, 2016 3:30 a.m.
Thousands of Veterans to Form a Human Shield Around Standing Rock Protestors
By Charley Lanyon
A human shield forms.Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/Boston Globe via Getty Images
More than 2,000 U.S. veterans are planning to descend on North Dakota this weekend, where they will make a human shield around the protesters there. More than 7,000 people are camped out in a massive months-long demonstration organized by the Standing Rock Sioux in opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which they say threatens tribal lands.
The group, Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, has decided to protect the camp after the federal government called for its evacuation.
While the deadline for the evacuation has passed, both local authorities and the Army Corps of Engineers have confirmed that they have no plans to remove anybody by force, despite an emergency call from the states governor on Monday to immediately vacate the camp.
Veterans Stand for Standing Rock is headed by former U.S. Marine Michael Wood Jr. and Wesley Clark Jr., whose father is retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark......................
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