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Not condoning the action of the Police, but i hate hearing just one side of a story, the protesters are wearing googles and masks as well and using laser or high powered torches. Would like to know more about this and see some of the injuries.

So, the police have setup a barracade that the 'peaceful' protestors tried to attack with a semi truck so that they could attempt to trespass(according to the law). The police then tried to defend the barracade against the angry mob, or perhaps more accurately the rioters.

Funny how the perspective you tell the story from changes it entirely even while keeping to the overall same facts.....

@bcglorf

interesting how you classify the protesters as angry mob and rioters.

see,
this all on tribal land,owned by native americans,who welcomed this "angry mob" and "rioters" and the police are there NOT at the behest of the tribal elders,but DAPL,a private corporation attempting to push a private pipeline,for private profit,through privately owned land.

DAPL had even hired private mercenaries to keep the landowners off their construction site,who used attack dogs,mace,rubber bullets and worked alongside the police.it got so bad at one point that they had pulled police officers from FIVE states to keep those pesky landowner rabble down!

on a good note,those ancillary officer teams bowed out after a few days,saying that it was immoral and they were unwilling to participate.so the "police" you are referring to are most likely private security.

Funny how the perspective you tell the story from changes it entirely even while keeping to the overall same facts.....and then add some context.

democracynow has been doing excellent work on this situation,as has countercurrentnews:

https://www.democracynow.org/topics/dakota_access

http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/11/north-dakota-becomes-first-u-s-state-legalize-use-armed-drones-police-defend-illegal-pipeline/

http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/10/ohio-swat-state-police-deployed-north-dakota-crack-dapl-pipeline-protesters/

http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/11/sheriffs-leave-standing-rock-saying-completely-unethical/

and if you wanna berate those hiring the private thugs:

http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/dial-a-cop-20161031

Thank you

I was mostly wanting to point out that there was perhaps a touch of bias in the original description.

You are right about it being privately owned land involved. However, the construction and the original encampment and protests were all taking place on land that was privately owned:
Protesters have set up teepee and tent camps on land owned by Energy Transfer Partners to slow the progress of construction and have threatened to block the highway.

http://time.com/4548566/dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-sioux/

Since then the camps I understood have been moved off and the highway is now being blocked by the authorities to keep the trespassers from returning, but any references to the basic facts on that if I've got them wrong are welcome.

I'm not especially upset about illegal trespassing and obstruction of the construction to make a point and to protest that the law is wrong and all that. I am particularly bothered though when people begin to feel the case isn't strong enough and start lying about some of the parts that might cause people to question their methods.

For the police that are pulling out, your countercurrentnews quoted the Dan County Sherrifs office as pulling out and not planning to return. The local news link they reference though tells much more than just the biased spin countercurrent put on it. Sheriff Mahoney cites the reason for pulling out was that their agreed on involvement was only ever for the week they were there and no future funding was offered so they would be sacrificing local services to go back.

Even more glaring an omission if Mahoney is to be championed as countercurrent did, he described his officers experience at the pipeline as follows:

“Our people have shined, they report they stood in line and were confronted with baseball bats and tire irons and being sprayed with wasp spray,” he said. “Our deputies said there was a need for law enforcement.”

The full local story free of countercurrent's extremely prejudiced and biased stripping is below if you want a more full story. Surprisingly, the police officers aren't all just showing up on the protesters own property to start shooting them with water, tear gas, and rubber bullets while the protesters huddle up and sing kumbaya.

http://m.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/sheriff-in-wisconsin-pulls-deputies-back-from-north-dakota-pipeline/article_c0378e3a-8e57-59f1-99
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@bcglorf

hehe,thanks man.
i was not suggesting that my counter point was beyond rebuke,i was actually agreeing with you that to get the full story,all the information has to be on the table.

one thing i find interesting is the response to this protest and the bundy protest.

i think we approach situations from different perspectives.i am anti-authoritarian,and am always critical of power and abuse of power.

you tend to (in my opinion) approach these situations far more cautiously,and give authority the benefit of the doubt,whereas i do not...i hold them..and possibly unfairly..to a higher standard.

but i have always found you reasonable and intelligent.
and i always respect your input,even though we may disagree sometimes.

If Bundy would've gotten shot trying to take him by force I'd have understood. His entire group should be in jail for a terrifically long time too, not given a pat on the head sent on his way as he was....

And yes, I'm right there alongside if a harder hammer sits on these protesters than on Bundy's group. I just do side to the law should stand and I need some heavier proof before just dismissing it.

A wise approach.

Abuse of power makes my blood boil.