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On November 19, North Dakota State Police and the Morton County Sheriff’s Department used water cannons on the water protectors at Standing Rock, despite below freezing temperatures. Videos surfacing of the ordeal show unarmed protesters being pummeled by water cannons while tear gas and mace were streamed into the crowd.
Sophia Wilansky, 21, was hit in the arm by a concussion grenade fired by police at the scene. Photos of the injury are circulating on social media. Wilansky’s friend Michael Basillas noted in his latest Facebook update that she is at a hospital in Minneapolis undergoing a series of surgeries. It is unclear at this point if she will lose her arm….More Here
Native Americans march to the site of a sacred burial ground that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest of the oil pipeline slated to cross the nearby Missouri River, September 4 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images