Militarized Police Arrest 21 Water Protectors in DAPL Work Stoppage

——By—— Unicorn Riot

Unicorn Riot, an independent media collective, is on the ground in North Dakota with the #WaterProtectors. Yesterday (9/28/16) they were bombarded with pepper spray by plane as well as confronted by heavily armed forces during a march to a pray.

@NDGovDalrymple are you using chemical warfare against peaceful protesters?! PLEASE BOOST THIS. #NoDAPL @ACLU pic.twitter.com/RthfaD0NUv

— Qorianka Kilcher (@Qorianka) September 28, 2016

The report below was post on September 28, 2016.

15 miles south of Mandan, North Dakota – On the heels of yesterday’s action which halted Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction, once again, today, hundreds of water protectors caravaned to a DAPL work site to pray to that the Dakota Access Pipeline is stopped.

As the water protectors left the site, a crop-duster airplane appeared as sprayed the area with an unknown substance as people hurried to their vehicles.

The water protectors went to a second site to pray. They prayed for 40 minutes and as they left the site, a large amount of police vehicles arrived and blockaded the only exit on the public road leading to the DAPL work site.

Dozens of militarized police with shotguns appeared with a Bearcat armored vehicle as well as an MRAP. The Bearcat was also brought out by police at yesterday’s action, but the MRAP, a larger tan colored armored vehicle, had not been seen at any DAPL sites until today.

After blockading the exit points, police vehicles sped across open fields towards the crowd of protectors as they left the site. Several arrests were made, as police brandished loaded shotguns, and assault rifles. The latest information we gathered is that there were up to 21 arrests.

Unicorn Riot was live when police arrived at the scene of the work stoppage, below is a highlight of when the Bearcat arrived until the end of the stream as well as the full stream:

Unicorn Riot will continue to provide information on #NoDAPL direct action and arrests as they become available.

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