Actress Shailene Woodley pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from her high-profile arrest with 27 other people while protesting construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, court documents show. Woodley, who had been broadcasting the Oct. 10 protest on Facebook Live at a Dakota Access pipeline construction site about 3.2 km south of the town of St. Anthony, was seen on camera being taken into custody. A Morton County Sheriff's deputy officer arrests actress Shailene Woodley at a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline near St. Anthony, N.D., on Oct. 10. The group behind the pipeline, called Dakota Access, had planned to start operations in the fourth quarter of this year,but construction has been hampered by demonstrations. The tribe believes the pipeline would leave its land vulnerable to contamination from oil spills and would damage historic and culturally significant sites.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2016 13:52 UTC