Cenk Uygur
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Police Cracking Down On Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters
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August 25, 2016
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7:11Now PlayingNative American activists have been protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline for months. Police are making up lies to demonize the protesters, much like they did during Occupy Wall Street. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Work on the contentious $3.7 billion pipeline is temporarily on pause. On August 10, Standing Rock filed an emergency injunction in an attempt to delay construction long enough for their concerns to be heard. Chief among them are the potential to contaminate the tribe’s main drinking source and their potential responsibility for cleaning up toxic spills that could seep into their land.
The tribe has been protesting the construction for months by holding prayer-ins near construction. However, the situation escalated in mid-August when a dozen protesters were arrested for coming too close to construction. Last week, Dakotas Access LLC, the pipeline's developer, confirmed that it would press charges against the protesters and seek to file restraining orders against them in order to block opposition from the site. Standing Rock Sioux leaders are beingrepresented by former North Dakota US Attorney Tim Purdon.
The company also agreed to halt construction until its case could be heard in federal court. On Monday, a federal judge postponed a hearing that would have determined whether protesters could be blocked from the protest site.
"The parties are strongly encouraged to meet and confer in good faith in an attempt to resolve this dispute prior to the hearing," the judge wrote, according to the Wall Street Journal.”*
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