Amy Goodman
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Cornel West: I Am Heading to Standing Rock to Show Solidarity With Historic Indigenous Uprising
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December 1, 2016
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4:43Now PlayingAmnesty International is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the violent police crackdown against Native American water protectors and their allies fighting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in North Dakota. The call comes after Amnesty sent a delegation of human rights observers to witness the crackdown, which has including police using rubber bullets, tear gas, concussion grenades, sound cannons, water cannons in subfreezing temperatures, and other militarystyle weapons that have injured hundreds of people. We speak to Dr. Cornel West about why he is soon heading out to Standing Rock to show solidarity.
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