US Army Corps to Evict Everyone from Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp after Dec. 5

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Police turn water cannons on Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.

David Archambault II releases a Statement on Army Corps Decision

By Red Power Media, Staff | Nov 25, 2016

According to an email dated today, sent to David Archambault II, Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced it will close the portion of federal land on which water protectors are camping in North Dakota after December 5, to protect the public amid violent confrontations between protesters and law enforcement.

The notice to evict everyone from the Oceti Sakowin Camp comes after over 100 people were injured and taken to hospital during clashes at Blackwater Bridge with police, who attacked water protectors with rubber bullets, tear gas, and mace canisters and more than 200 were reportedly treated for hypothermia after Morton County Sheriff’s Department deployed a water cannon in below-freezing temperatures on Sunday.

Since the…

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