North Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson said the protesters taken into custody were among a group of several dozen people who began taunting officers. At least one person was injured after protesters set fire to a handful of wooden structures at the makeshift campsite. The protesters, who came to the rolling hills of North Dakota from around the world to rally against a 1,100-mile oil pipeline, made their point. PIPELINE PROTESTERS SET FIRES AHEAD OF CAMP CLOSINGPrompted by an unusually warm winter, on Feb. 2 North Dakota Gov. Related slideshow: Dakota Access Pipeline protesters remain at campPOPE WEIGHS IN ON DAKOTA PIPELINE DISPUTE: NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS OVER THEIR LANDSA few protesters told Fox News they did not think their efforts were in vain.

Source: Fox News February 22, 2017 20:26 UTC