Law enforcement arrested 141 people in North Dakota after police surrounded protesters, deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles in order to clear hundreds of Native American activists and supporters from land owned by an oil pipeline company. Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists Read moreActivists vowed to continue fighting the project after the arrests. Dean Dedman Jr, a member of the Standing Rock Hunkpapa tribe from South Dakota, told the Guardian: “Everybody is still standing strong. On Thursday, a group of Standing Rock youth also traveled to New York City to the campaign headquarters of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to urge her to support the tribe. Police move in on North Dakota pipeline protesters – in pictures Read moreCecily Fong, spokeswoman for the state department of emergency services, told the Guardian that the pipeline operator would be in charge of securing the site once law enforcement successfully removed activists.

Source: The Guardian October 28, 2016 00:18 UTC