"To protest is to be weak, to give your power to what you protest against. It’s just an illusion, protest just empowers the illusion of your mind. We are not weak, we are power. A warrior does not stand aside protest when a bully tries to make a brother or sister his victim, warrior stands up and protects. We are power."

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phre0bArD0M]

First a blockade:

According to the independent journalism outfit Unicorn Riot, which has been reporting live on the Dakota Access protest from the camps, after praying at the second site, "a large amount of police vehicles arrived and blockaded the only exit on the public road leading to the DAPL work site."

Then a seriously militarized police raid:

Unicorn Riot continued: