STANDING ROCK: Police from 5 States Escalate Violence, Shoot Horses to Clear Treaty Camp

Photo by Sara Lafeur-Vetter

Police from 5 States Escalate Violence, Shoot Horses to Clear 1851 Treaty Camp

Update: The photos may be not be visible here, but can be seen on the copy on the Internet archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161028171725/https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/standing-rock-police-from-5-states.html

By Camp of the Sacred Stones
Censored News
French translation by Christine Prat at:
http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=3733

CANNONBALL, North Dakota -- Over 300 police officers in riot gear, 8 ATVs, 5 armored vehicles, 2 helicopters, and numerous military-grade humvees showed up north of the newly formed frontline camp just east of Highway 1806.  The 1851 Treaty Camp was set up this past Sunday directly in the path of the pipeline, on land recently purchased by DAPL.  Today this camp, a reclamation of unceded Dakota territory affirmed as part of the Standing Rock Reservation in the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851, was violently cleared.  Both blockades established this past weekend to enable that occupation were also cleared.  

Militarized Police Attack Standing Rock Treaty Camp: Rubber bullets, tear gas, arrests of elders

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"Today we stood strong against this Nazi oil bought police force. They set off LRAD on us, hit us, maced us, arrested our grandmothers, uncles, they shot at our horse relatives, they set off concussion grenades, rubber bullets into the unarmed crowd. They desecrated sacred land and destroyed our homes on tribal land. We had snipers scoping me out with an assault rifle pointed at me and my relative. Our hearts were wounded but we will regroup and keep our minds in high vibrations because it is not over.
We will stop the pipeline." Cepoalli

Video of violent arrests, tear gassing, and police firing shots into crowd at Unicorn Riot: http://www.unicornriot.ninja/?p=10476

Militarized police attack Treaty Camp with tear gas, rubber bullets, tasers, pepper spray, large number of arrests

Vic Camp, "We need help. We are surrounded. The government is moving us out." Camps said his Aunt Casey Camp, his mother and many relatives were arrested. "Hundreds of people have been arrested." "We need help my relatives."


  

OYATE MEDIA NETWORK: Percussion grenades used on large crowds. Ambulances are running full force here at Oceti Sakowin camp. Rubber bullets fired at protectors, elders pepper sprayed and arrested.

Ponca grandmother Casey Camp arrested. Police fire bean bags, pepper spray. Horse rider shot 4 times with rubber bullets. Elders arrested in ceremony. One person tasered in face. Cuny Dog has called all AIM Chapters to the front line. Just now, a herd of buffalo has come and cheers went out.
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Water Protector: "I saw an 18 year old young man get shot while on a horse today--then his horse. I was standing 20 feet away. I saw young warriors on horse being chased on ATV's, being shot at. I saw our former chairman get arrested. I saw an Unci get maced right in the face. I saw the cops drag two men from the sweatlodge, feet from me, in their underwear and slammed face down into the ground and arrested. All these crimes were committed against our people on land guaranteed to our people under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851."

#America#NoDapl #MniWiconi #BuffaloNation

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Armored vehicles forcing water protectors forward, arrests underway

Tires and hay bales burn at peoples barricade

Watch Channel 4 below

Gidagaakoonz Mooz Ndootem photo

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"Boats on the river, police on the hills, walking all over sacred sites.our people on the line. They are using sound cannons." -- Joye

Live feeds are being jammed.

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Below injury from sound grenade and arrest of Ponca Casey Camp Horinek

Treaty Camp Surrounded. Chief Arvol Looking Horse asks religious leaders to come stand with the water protectors.

Frontline Treaty Camp. New camp on pipeline path at Standing Rock.

Treaty Camp Surrounded by Police and National Guard at 10:45 am

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016
By RED WARRIOR CAMP:
These last 2 buses were empty going south on Hwy 6. Everybody at the big camp go to the frontline Treaty camp now. Seven buses (3 with troops, the rest empty) escorted by 8 Highway Patrols and 2 deuce and a halfs just now confirmed going south on Hwy 6 about 4 miles south of Mandan at 9:35 am Central time. Stay in the ditch if you don't want to be arrested but go to support! They may be trying to surprise from the south access on 1806. Be alert it takes them 40 minutes to get there so by 10:30 am you will know.
Live TV coverage https://www.facebook.com/KFYRtv/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

By Robert --- "At 9:30 am Thurs. morning. There are private security roaming around and and an encampment of cops and military over the hill. I suppose they believe if we can't directly see them then we won't know they are there ha. Still, it's a beautiful day and relatively warm. Enjoy your day and keep pushing out the news about what's happening here."

FORT YATES, ND

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault:

"Militarized law enforcement agencies moved in on water protectors with tanks and riot gear today. We continue to pray for peace. We call on the state of North Dakota to oversee the actions of local law enforcement to, first and foremost, ensure everyone’s safety. The Department of Justice must send overseers immediately to ensure the protection of First Amendment rights and the safety of thousands here at Standing Rock. DOJ can no longer ignore our requests. If harm comes to any who come here to stand in solidarity with us, it is on their watch. They must step in and hold the state of North Dakota and Morton County accountable for their acts of violence against innocent, prayerful people.
The Obama administration has asked DAPL to voluntarily halt construction until the review process has been completed, but DAPL has ignored these repeated requests. By deploying law enforcement to support DAPL construction, the State of North Dakota is collaborating with Energy Transfer Partners and escalating tensions.
We need our state and federal governments to bring justice and peace to our lands, not the force of armored vehicles.
We have repeatedly seen a disproportionate response from law enforcement to water protectors’ nonviolent exercise of their constitutional rights. Today we have witnessed people praying in peace, yet attacked with pepper spray, rubber bullets, sound and concussion cannons. We urge state and federal government agencies to give this tense situation their immediate and close attention.
We also call on the thousands of water protectors who stand in solidarity with us against DAPL to remain in peace and prayer. Any act of violence hurts our cause and is not welcome here. We invite all supporters to join us in prayer that, ultimately, the right decision—the moral decision—is made to protect our people, our sacred places, our land and our resources. We won't step down from this fight. As peoples of this earth, we all need water. This is about our water, our rights, and our dignity as human beings."

Police beat water protectors with batons, pepper spray them during prayer

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22 Oct 2016. Miqamwes M'teoulin being treated after police OC sprayed him twice in the face without provocation. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography
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22 Oct 2016. Warrior Women being trailed by Riot Police near DAPL construction and desocrated sacred sites. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography
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22 Oct 2016. Elder Water Protector being flanked by Riot Police near the front of DAPL construction and desacred sacred sites. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography
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22 Oct 2016. Young Water Protectors trailed by an armored vehicle and what appears to be an officer armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography

.22 Oct 2016. A Water Protector walks away from the police lurking behind him in an open field near DAPL construction. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography
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22 Oct 2016. A Water Protector being rinsed off after Police OC sprayed him without provocation 3 miles west of Highway 1806. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography

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Brutal police attack Oct. 22. Photo by Walter Ruiz

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Brutal police attack on water protectors Oct. 22. Photo by Walker Ruiz

Unprovoked brutal attack on water protectors today. Screen capture Censored News.

Screen capture by Censored News.

Police beat Native American water protectors with batons and pepper spray them in unprovoked attack

By Brenda Norrell

Censored News

STANDING ROCK, North Dakota -- The Morton County Sheriff and police carried out a brutal attack on Native Americans as they gathered for prayer today. Native Americans and supporters defending the water of the Missouri River from the Dakota Access Pipeline were beaten with batons by police, pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground.

More than 80 water protectors were arrested today during the unprovoked attack by police on peaceful water protectors. The police are defending a private pipeline.

Tipiwizin, a young mother at Standing Rock, called out for help, urging all those who came and camped at Standing Rock to return.

"The police, the military, armored vehicles, assault rifles, they are chasing our people, surrounded our people, chasing them into the river."

Watching the live stream today, she said, "I started crying, holding my baby daughter, because we come from people who were chased down, hunted down and gunned down by the military and the police. History is repeating itself. All those stories we were raised with, that we carry in our hearts, of our people, fleeing, running, racing, for our lives, just to live. We are the grandchildren and great grandchildren of those who survived the US Government federally mandated massacres on our people."

Watch videos of Saturday's brutal attack by police at Censored News:

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/breaking-standing-protectors-face.html
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016: Breaking News from Water Protectors Road Barricade
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/standing-rock-water-protectors-defend.html

In an unprecedented amount of lies in the media, the Morton County Sheriff has falsely accused the water protectors of being violent and being armed. The local media, revealing a long history of racism, have repeated these lies in the media.

In a steady stream of misinformation, the mainstream media reported that President Obama had halted the pipeline construction. Again, this is misinformation. DAPL, owned by Kelcy Warren, who has become the face of genocide for Native Americans, is racing to complete the construction.

The DAPL construction is near a burial place where water protectors were attacked with vicious dogs and pepper sprayed on Sept. 3.

The Morton County Sheriff is engaging in strip searches and false imprisonment of Native American men and women, who are jailed without credible charges. The owner of the land where the Camp of the Sacred Stones Camp is located, said her daughter was arrested without cause, while traveling in a car away from the area, strip searched and jailed naked.Dakotas, Lakotas and Nakotas here say this abuse is recreating the historical trauma, a result of their ancestors who were murdered and subjected to sexual violence by the Calvary and U.S. military.

Watch the videos of today as police attack Native Americans in prayer:

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/10/standing-rock-water-protectors-running.html

Photos from video screen captures.

NOW! Standing Rock: Water Protectors Running, Surrounded, Arrests Underway Sat. Oct. 22, 2016

Standing Rock Water Protectors Beaten with Batons, Pepper Sprayed During Prayer

More than 140 arrested and taken to county jails throughout North Dakota on Saturday night

By RED WARRIOR CAMP
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In the early morning of October 22nd 2016, Water Protectors left the encampment to walk to DAPL work site #127, off highway 1806. We walked to the work site where our comrades locked themselves down to equipment to prevent any more work being done on the Black Snake. They took action because the Black Snake must not be built, the risk is too high and a devastating spill is an inevitability, we went because we too recognize our duty to take action. We went because we have had enough of Energy Transfer Partners and this pipeline, and so have all of us here at Oceti Sakowin, we have had enough of the heavy handed terrorism so casually deployed by Kyle Kerchmeier of the Morton County Sheriffs, DAPL Private Security G4S, and the National Guard.

Over 140+ Water Protectors were chased down by riot police, pepper sprayed, beaten with batons, and kettled in. The police made the mass arrests at this site, the charges were Criminal Trespass, and Engaging in a riot. The First wave of innocent Protectors were in court today and all pled not guilty, they are awaiting trial at this time.

DAPL is in direct violation UNDRIP on Sacred Sites and as well as in violation of all Indigenous Laws anywhere worldwide. To desecrate the bodies of our Ancestors is an abomination, yet somehow the illegal and corrupt Government and corporations give themselves permission to take these actions in the name of genocide and land theft. They work together and promote a capitalist lifestyle that is in direct opposition to natural law, they are rooted in profits and have no sense of the destruction to not only land and water but also to Indigenous Peoples lives they leave in their wake. They have no jurisdiction or permission from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to build this pipeline, and it is not only our right and our duty to protect the Ancestors it is our responsibility to the future generations to take action to uphold the People’s right to say NO.

The future of the planet depends on what Indigenous Land Defenders and Water Protectors do NOW, we cannot afford to sell the future of the entire planet for momentary and monetary greed. They are unleashing a violent fascist police state on the people in a bid to make the most money the fastest, leaving our lands and water poisoned. We recognize that we the People acting in Unity and Prayer will stop this pipeline, and we are acting accordingly.

Red Warrior Camp
Guerrilla Media: West Coast Women Warriors Media Cooperative Ancestral Pride

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Unprovoked police brutality, watch video below of today:

Watch video above now!
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Message from water protector: "Sitting at the hospital in Fort Yates because today at the action the police maced, and hit innocent people with their batons. Our fellow youth council members were hit with a baton multiple times because they tried to protect the children. One of us got arrested and another is in the hospital. This is what they are doing to us. Police brutality at its finest people. We are unarmed. We are peaceful & prayerful. Come stand with standing rock. Pray for us please!"

Water protectors were pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground by police. About 200 water protectors carried out a prayer walk on Saturday morning, where one lock down was underway at sunrise.

The arrests include Lorenzo, Unicorn Riot live streamer. This makes the fifth Unicorn Riot live streamer arrested. The location is three miles west of 1806. Hwy 1806 closed in both directions Saturday morning.
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Arrests Underway

"We need cars from camp, we have elders."

"We are surrounded."

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016

"They have us surrounded. This is not even Dakota Access property."

"We are peaceful."

"There are little children here."

Watch video below.

Below Lockdown at Dawn Saturday Oct. 22, 2016 Posted by West Coast Women Warriors

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Kanahus Arrested Today, from Tori:

You can see the videos of what went down on the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousLifeMovement/videos/10153559675327255/

https://www.facebook.com/featherboy.eagleman/videos/391883267868401/

I have called the jail for details and when she will appear for bail. They told me to call back tonight, I will report she was less than helpful and you could hear a lot of loud background noise when I reached the jail by phone.
It has also been reported that Sasheen & Crow have also been arrested, however I cannot confirm that as of yet. I will try when I call back tonight.

The Morton County Sheriff's dep't posted about the arrests on their FB page. You can contact the MCS dep't here:

1-701-667-3330 Phone
1-701-667-3318 Jail
205 1st Ave NW, Mandan, ND 58554

UNICORN RIOT COVERAGE below:

http://www.unicornriot.ninja/?p=10256

Water Protectors’ Prayer Walk Confronts DAPL Construction near Lake Oahe

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Morton County, ND – Early on Saturday, October 22nd, water protectors from the camps near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation set out on foot to confront construction that threatens to destroy more sacred burial sites.

Dakota Access has continued with construction despite the September 9 request from the federal government to suspend construction within 20 miles east and west of Lake Oahe. On Saturday morning dozens of riot police were guarding the construction site, which is about five miles away from the encampments. Unicorn Riot was on the ground providing live streaming coverage today.

Unicorn Riot reporters’ live feed is here: