Dakota Access pipeline protester seriously hurt during police standoff
by Julia Carrie Wong from on (#22HPW)
Sophia Wilansky, 21, may lose her arm after being hit by projectile when officers threw less-than-lethal weapons, her father said
A 21-year-old woman was severely injured and may lose her arm after being hit by a projectile when North Dakota law enforcement officers turned water cannon on Dakota Access pipeline protesters and threw "less-than-lethal" weapons.
Sophia Wilansky was one of several hundred protesters injured during the standoff with police on Sunday on a bridge near the site where the pipeline is planned to cross under the Missouri river.
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