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Reader: Deadstream Media Shows Bias In Reporting On Violence At Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
Over the weekend security officers protecting the Dakota Access Pipeline used dogs and pepper spray on protesters attempting to halt construction of the project.
After a relatively quiet week at the site of construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, violence erupted between protesters and a team of security officers hired by the company behind the project. Local media reports unquestioningly repeated statements from the Morton County Sheriff’s Office which claimed that the violence was initiated by the protesters.
The DAPL, alternatively known as the Bakken Pipeline, is owned by Dallas, Texas-based corporation Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., which created the subsidiary Dakota Access LLC. The pipeline will stretch 1,172 miles upon completion and transport crude oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. The project is set to cross the Missouri River not far from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The Sacred Stone and Red Warrior Camp’s were formed in opposition to the DAPL.
Around 2:30 on Saturday afternoon, an estimated two to three hundred supporters from the Red Warrior Camp marched to the construction site. The marchers climbed over a fence to get closer to the site. As they neared the site the scene became violent.
“Once protesters arrived at the construction area, they broke down a wire fence by stepping and jumping on it,” the sheriff’s office said. “According to numerous witnesses within five minutes the crowd of protesters, estimated to be a few hundred people became violent. They stampeded into the construction area with horses, dogs and vehicles.” Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said it “was more like a riot than a protest.”
The Morton County Sheriff’s office said four private security guards and two guard dogs were injured in the melee. While reports of horses and a few hundred people were true, the origin of the violence is unclear. Videos of the incident clearly show protesters using flag poles to defend against the attack dogs being wielded by security officers. There are currently no known videos showing knives being used by protesters. However, there are videos showing protesters with wounds from the dogs and pepper spray being used indiscriminately against the crowd.
