A Call for Justice Dept to Act on DAPL Civil Rights Abuses

The Indian Country Today Media Network, is focused on issues important to tribal communities. The Dakota Access Pipeline dispute, #NODAPL, is making headlines as it continues to unite tribes across the country, and around the world, like no other time in history. In this recent article, staff writers discuss reported civil rights abuses at the peaceful protest at Standing Rock. David Archambault II, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman, called for the Justice Department to take action after the situation escalated earlier this week.

A Call for Justice Dept to Act on DAPL Civil Rights Abuses

Concerned and angered by the use of dogs, pepper spray, military tactics and strip searches against unarmed water protectors at the construction sites of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to step in.
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