Thursday, October 27, 2016

Federal Protests Are Not All Equal

In Cannonball, North Dakota, over 100 police with military equipment are advancing on a resistance camp established by Native American water protectors in the path of the proposed $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. Photos and multiple videos posted to Facebook Live depict over 100 officers in riot gear lined up across North Dakota’s Highway 1806, flanked by multiple mine-resistant ambush protected military vehicles (MRAPs), a sound cannon, an armored truck and a bulldozer. There have also been reports from water protectors that the police presence includes multiple snipers. Police appear to be evicting the camp in order to clear the way for the Dakota Access pipeline company to continue construction

  Democracy Now!








Two reasons: 1) the Oregon Bundy crowd had guns, and 2) the Oregon Bundy crowd were white.




As soon as a federal jury in Portland returned not guilty verdicts Thursday for all seven defendants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff, Internet reaction was swift.

The responses ranged from people who considered the verdicts a victory for citizens' rights to those who worried the outcome would empower people to occupy federal property using force.

  Oregon Live

A federal jury on Thursday found Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and five co-defendants not guilty of conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs through intimidation, threat or force during the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

The Bundy brothers and occupiers Jeff Banta and David Fry also were found not guilty of having guns in a federal facility. Kenneth Medenbach was found not guilty of stealing government property, and a hung jury was declared on Ryan Bundy's charge of theft of FBI surveillance cameras.

  Oregon Live
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