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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAny word from Standing Rock?
I heard there was going to be violence tonight, but there is no news coverage, of course.
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Any word from Standing Rock? (Original Post)
Ilsa
Jan 2017
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Qanisqineq
(4,826 posts)1. I'm in ND
30 miles away but have heard nothing. Two cops were shot on another reservation earlier today. I expect the worst now.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)2. A comrade of mine was arrested and beaten yesterday....
I expect shit to hit the fan in a big way over the next few days.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)3. DC thread check-in...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028494134
Small Standing Rock protest on F street. Few hundred people. Very well behaved, some drumming and chanting. Asshole in tuxedo walks by and yells "fuck you all!"
Much larger protest (anti- Trump) outside National Press Union, several thousand, big police presence.
Barricades and cages everywhere. Traffic gridlock due to closed streets. Choppers overhead back and forth...
Post by Mainer
Much larger protest (anti- Trump) outside National Press Union, several thousand, big police presence.
Barricades and cages everywhere. Traffic gridlock due to closed streets. Choppers overhead back and forth...
Post by Mainer
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)4. Thank you for your replies.
I'm expecting it to get bad soon, too.