"Dakota Access Says Trespassers Will Be ‘Removed From The Land’"

"MORTON COUNTY – As actor Mark Ruffalo arrived to support their cause, protesters camping in the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline braced Tuesday for action by a growing police and military force to the north after the pipeline company issued a foreboding statement saying trespassers will be prosecuted and 'removed from the land.'

“We believe they are going to try to take us,” Vanessa Dundon of White Cone, Ariz., said as she manned a traffic checkpoint near the new “front-line” camp established Sunday to stop pipeline construction from crossing N.D. Highway 1806 and reaching the Missouri River.

About five miles away, a law enforcement staging area had grown considerably from the day before, with several buses and National Guard Humvees parked among military-style tents and emergency trailers. Officers from at least six states have answered Morton County’s call for help in dealing with protest activities that started 11 weeks ago."

Forum News Service/Bismarck Tribune had the story October 25, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Probe Finds Guards Who Unleashed Dogs on Pipeline Protesters Were Not Licensed in ND" (Democracy Now!)

"Native American Leaders Decry Increasingly Harsh Treatment of Dakota Access Protesters" (InsideClimate News)

"In Fight Over N.D. Pipeline, Tribe Leader Calls For Peace And Prayers" (NPR)