Standing Rock Sioux Under Attack Right Now
Submitted by blazinAZ on Sun, 11/20/2016 - 9:28pm
Cops and sheriffs are using water cannons on water protectors right now in ND. It's really cold there and people are soaking wet and being shot with rubber bullets, teargas. Cops are using concussion grenades. Live links below. I will add more as they come available. Share them please!
https://www.facebook.com/kevin.happychappy/videos/vb.100007875630375/180...
https://livestream.com/unicornriot/events/6668525
41 minutes of previous footage (not live) https://www.facebook.com/esha.hoferer/videos/273148376415327/
**edited to include phone numbers. Please call!**
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medic video from tonight
https://www.facebook.com/mimi.miller.14/posts/1144161508952657
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
screen shot of water cannons
It's below freezing there
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
And Obama Twiddles His Thumbs
Really? A so called Democratic President thinks this is acceptable law enforcement conduct? Because . . . State's Rights? Really Obama? Your hands are tied?
"They'll say we're disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war." Howard Zinn
Indeed. Follow the money.
Obama will serve his oil and gas masters just like HRC would have. He really should solve this now; if he kicks the can to his successor, it is almost bound to get worse.
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Of course Obama thinks that this is acceptable
The fascist cops are protecting the 1%'s pipeline and that is why Obama was selected to be president.
There were too many anti war protests during the Bush administration so they ran this charming Black man who lied his ass off to be elected.
And it worked.
The anti war protests went away even when he did everything Bush had done and then went even further when he started killing people with drones, continued both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and invaded two more countries and overthrew the Ukraine government.
Even after he had the DHS brutally break up OWS people voted for him again anyway.
He stayed silent when more and more unarmed people were killed by cops who then got away with it.
He also stayed silent when the people protesting those cop killings were met with riot police with all of the military equipment he had continued giving them.
He did nothing for over two years when armed white militias threatened federal officials and block the federal highway and set up roadblocks and threatened people in the nearby town.then let the same group take over a federal building and complex in Oregon for over a month while the FBI watched them come and go and terrorize and threaten the people and law enforcement in the town.
We all heard him dismiss MLK and Ghandi for their non violent approach.
He said that they couldn't understand the times we live in now, which was utter bullshit!
If MLK and the people who fought for their civil rights had lost then this POS empty suited person would never have been elected president.
Or had the opportunity to serve in the Illinois or US congress.
His job was to placate the masses and protect everyone who had committed financial aid war crimes.
And this is going to be his f'cking legacy.
Plus the millions of innocent people in the Middle East he's responsible for killing.
Gawd I can't wait for his term to be over!
Sitting back and watching this happen when he used this type of activity to overthrow Gaddafi is the definition of a hypocrite!
Damn you Barack Obama! And shame on you!!
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
I agree with your analysis. Thanks for posting the truth of
the matter. The Water Protectors are of world-wide importance and we should continue to lend support even if its monetary donations.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Only watched a few minutes...
The restraint of the protestors is beyond admirable. It's nearly saint like.
These pigs are doing everything they can to escalate this. They want a goddamn excuse.
Patience only goes on for so long. Eventually somebody's gonna crack, and only then will the MSM descend to cover the violence. But only on the ONE side.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
I fear you are right. eom
Won't stream. Hopefully because too many watching!
Talk about deplorable! Shooting water onto people in freezing temps should fall under "cruel and unusual punishment". Oh yeah, and the fuckers with the canons aren't even judges (I hope ffs).
The thing I hate about this is that there's never anything
I can do. Of course, if I were there, I'd probably be freezing right next to everybody else, and what could I do? Damn the cops. Why.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
are you willing to make some phone calls?
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
I'm calling RIGHT NOW! Something I can actually do now Editx2
Thank you for posting the tweet w/info. I've heard him being interviewed on Democracy Now. Excellent!
Edit: Gov ButtPimples voice mail is full. Moving down the line.
Edit x2: 1st SDSO # closed due to high volume of calls. Good! Left message stating that spraying people with water in subfreezing conditions is cruel and unusual punishment, and that they aren't judges, so their job is to take people to judges, not be judges and executioners of any type of punishment. Oh, and shame on you! Shame, shame (probably 5 more shames) on you! Then another flat out, "SHAAAME on you!"
I'll quit with the updates, but you all see the point, and how we can drive them nuts! Let's do this!
Hell yes, I'll call!
I'm working up to not swear in my phone calls-I'm so angry right now!!!
hitting refresh can help
when I open the link in my browser, it sometimes shows past streams (because they keep getting interrupted). Then, in a few minutes (or 20) I hit refresh and it's back up.
I think the cops are messing with the internet access, uploads, and livestreaming from the site.
The #NoDAPL hashtag on twitter can keep you updated too.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/nodapl
There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka
Thank you! I'll try it.
Though, I have to be up for work in about 6 hrs. I am feeling guilty for being in my warm bed right now.
Thanks for bringing and keeping this to our attention
Of course no mainstream news websites are covering this.
Navajo has a diary on this on DK and commondreams, democracy now and a few other websites will write about this tomorrow.
I can't begin to describe how much I applaud the people that this is happening to.
Haven't a few banks pulled out because they aren't going to meet the January deadline?
Another thing Obama is ignoring is that the people who are financing it have illegally used eminent domain to both put it through the native Americans lands and have used it on at least 9 farms because it goes against the executive order that Bush signed stating that it can only be used when it benefits a community.
Obama hasn't recinded that executive order.
Gee, another thing that a Bush was better at.
The other one put people in prison during the savings and loans crimes.
Great job, Obama! Keep protecting your base.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Tweeted
Thx for bringing this to my attention.
"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott
Robert F. Kennedy explains
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
This is Nothing Short of Attempted Murder by ND Law Enforcement
ND law enforcement is attempting to use death by hypothermia as a means to deny people Constitutional rights. I'm pretty sure spraying people with water in sub-freezing conditions is not part of law enforcement; rather it exposes them as a mercenary force. If the source of the spray was natural, rather than from a mercenary force, people would be rescued and given aid. Any rational person would conclude spraying people with water in such conditions is a danger.
This is not law enforcement. These are corporate thugs.
300 protesters injured
including one woman whose eye was damaged, people with bones broken. More details in this Guardian story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/dakota-access-pipeline-w...
While the Black Snake-bought government stands silent.
Bernie has called on Obama do stop this
for whatever that's worth since, apparently, Obama won't. I think it's part of his "let's wait two weeks and see how it plays out". What a leader! What a profile in courage! And Hillary would have been more of the same, which people know and a good part of the reason she lost.
Well, Bernie is the most powerful Democrat in DC,
so I'm sure Obama will listen to him and send the National Guard to get between the water protectors and the cops and private security forces trying to kill them.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Just wanted to second that first bit
I do think Bernie is the most powerful Dem right now.
Now sure that means squat to Obama or any of the current old guard, however...
'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member
Oh dear.
I was being snarky.
Nobody in DC is powerful if the donor class doesn't want 'em to be.
Hmm. Well, maybe a few of the Tea Party true believers, they might have a bit of power, but that's b/c their constituents, some of 'em, could be convinced to pick up guns.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
The Billion Dollar Candidate Just Got Spanked By a Self Funded
clown who was outspent 10:1.
I don't think money has the same lock on politics it did a few years ago.
Just sayin'...
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
Somehow, the people got to have a say in that.
I'm talking about DC. Inside the bubble.
Inside the bubble is working the same as it always has. That's why Chuck Schumer is Minority Leader and Bernie is Head of Outreach.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
A Change in the Establishment is a Trailing Indicator.
That said, I do hear you.
I Want to Believe.
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
Honor the Earth
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Honor The Earth
PO Box 63
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"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
This is a top story on twitter today
See this link for lots of related tweets, images and videos.
https://twitter.com/i/moments/800579276584030208
Fuck You Obama. Fuck You.
Can't wait for that Neoliberal Asshole to be defecated from office.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
And this is what Obama has to say
about this depraved brutality by his police state thugs.
Atta Boy Obama, Yer Doin A Heckofajob. It's all good. There is nothing happening in North dakota.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Heckuva job, Clown in Chief.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Need Some Biden Memes on DAPL. I Tried My Hand, But Failed. nt
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
Standing rock site
http://standingrock.org/
Don't believe everything you think.
Just contributed
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Does anyone have an estimate
of how many water protectors are there, vs how many uniformed goons?
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