( ssc ) cannonball, nd <u+2014> 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. in addition to pepper spray and percussion grenades, shotguns were fired into the crowd with less lethal ammunition and a sound cannon was used (see images below). at least one person was tased and the barbed hook lodged in his face, just outside his eye. another was hit in the face by a rubber bullet.




a prayer circle of elders, including several women, was interrupted and all were arrested for standing peacefully on the public road. a tipi was erected in the road and was recklessly dismantled, despite promises from law enforcement that they would merely mark the tipi with a yellow ribbon and ask its owners to retrieve it. a group of water protectors was also dragged out of a ceremony in a sweat lodge erected in the path of the pipeline, wearing minimal clothing, thrown to the ground, and arrested.




a member of the international indigenous youth council (iiyc) that had her wrist broken during a mass-arrest on october 22nd was hurt again after an officer gripped her visibly injured wrist and twisted it during an attempted arrest. at least six other members of the youth council verified that they had been maced up to five times and were also shot and hit with bean bags. in addition to being assaulted, an altar item and sacred staff was wrenched from the hands of an iiyc member by police. several other sacred items were reported stolen, including a canupa (sacred tobacco pipe).




two medics giving aid at front line were hit with batons and thrown off the car they were sitting on. then police grabbed another medic, who was driving the car, out of the driver side while it was still in motion. another water protector had to jump into the car to stop it from hitting other people.
uncensored truth: here<u+2019>s what really happened at #nodapl protests yesterday
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