Dakota Access pipeline activists say police have used 'excessive' force
by Sam Levin in San Francisco from Environment | The Guardian on (#29C12)
Firsthand accounts from Native Americans along with live footage suggest that police deployed 'less than lethal' weapons against unarmed people
North Dakota law enforcement and the national guard have responded to the latest Standing Rock demonstrations with an aggressive show of force, according to indigenous activists who fear that police violence will escalate after Donald Trump's inauguration.
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