Standing Rock protectors in GRAVE DANGER from law enforcement tactics-Daily Kos

Last night the Morton County Sheriff's office put Standing Rock water protectors in grave danger. Hundreds were injured, including an elder who went into cardiac arrest and several people treated for rubber bullet injuries to the face. They used projectiles that ripped through people's muscle tissue (warning: graphic photos).

Police fired water cannons at the protectors for at least six hours in below freezing temperatures, exposing them all to hypothermia. Medical professionals at the camp called for a cessation of this tactic because of the real threat that people could die. And Morton County law enforcement just kept drenching water protectors in water, tear gassing them, firing concussion grenades and using sonic weapons against them.

This is inhumane! They are willing to directly threaten people's lives in order to protect profits for the oil industry. Enough is enough.

Call the Morton County Sheriff's office and demand they end these life-threatening attacks on peaceful unarmed protectors immediately! Here is the number and a sample script:

Morton County Sheriff's office number:
701-328-8118 & 701-667-3330

Hello, my name is ___________. I am horrified by the violence used by your officers against the Standing Rock water protectors last night. It is nothing short of torture to douse people in water, in below freezing temperatures, for hours. People could die from this inhumane escalation. Your officers are willing to risk killing peaceful protectors. It's time to end these dangerous tactics and torture against the people at Standing Rock.
After your call, fill out this form to tell us how the call went. Tell us how Morton County is responding to concerns that they are risking people's lives.

Morton County law enforcement is already claiming that they were putting out fires started by the protectors, but several livestream feeds, including the one we followed all last night, show that the fires were started by Morton County officers and their tear gas and concussion grenades. Do not let them get away with telling this lie!

Every level of government needs to hear from the people loud and clear that we will not stand for the torture of peacefully gathered water protectors, all in the name of oil money.

If you have more time, we need you to make two more phone calls--To the Army Corp of Engineers and the Department of Justice. Click this link to view the phone numbers and scripts for each agency, as well as report back on your calls.

These agencies have the power to stop all of this. We need to light up the phone lines of every official who is allowing law enforcement to torture people who are fighting to maintain clean drinking water and preserve their sacred sites. We cannot sit idly by while people are brutalized like this.

Keep fighting,
Irna Landrum, Daily Kos

P.S. If you are hearing impaired and can't make calls, click these to send email:

Morton County
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Justice

Re: Standing Rock protectors in GRAVE DANGER from law enforcement tactics-Daily Kos

One of the best ways to stay informed about Standing Rock is to listen to Democracy Now. It airs at 6 and 9 a.m., for an hour, on KPFA-FM, which is 94.1. Its main broadcaster, Amy Goodman, was at Standing Rock for a while, where she was arrested and eventually found innocent of any crime.

The Bohemian is scheduled to have a brief article on Standing Rock in its OpenMic section this week. Journalist Will Parrish, who writes for the Bohemian and other publications is currently at Standing Rock and will soon be writing about it in detail.

Re: Standing Rock protectors in GRAVE DANGER from law enforcement tactics-Daily Kos

Thanks for this, Shandi.

I heard on Democracy Now that the police were throwing grenades at the protestors. One woman, who was passing out water to people, suffered a direct hit and was in the hospital, where they were trying to save her arm. It did not look like they would be successful. Also, more than a dozen people were being treated for shrapnel injuries from the grenades. The police are falsely claiming the grenades were being thrown by the protestors. The police are also using water cannons on the protestors.

I view all this as a portent of things to come in Trump's Amerika, where any dissent will be brutally and decisively suppressed by local police who have already been supplied with military weapons..

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