Out-of-state police commit to helping with Dakota Access pipeline protests

By Mike Nowatzki Today at 5:38 p.m.
http://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/4130601-dakota-access-pipeline-now-87-percent-complete-nd

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Since protests began Aug. 10, Morton County has received assistance from 268 officers from 24 different counties and cities in North Dakota, not counting the state Highway Patrol, Kirchmeier said.

The federal government’s refusal to provide manpower and financial assistance – despite an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 pipeline opponents from all over the country are camping mostly on federally owned land in southern Morton County – factored into the call for help from other states, Kirchmeier said.
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A federal appeals court has ordered Dakota Access to stop construction within 20 miles of the Missouri River at Lake Oahe to give the court more time to consider the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for an injunction to halt construction while the tribe’s legal challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits plays out. A three-judge appeals court panel in Washington, D.C., heard oral arguments on the request Wednesday but did not issue a ruling.

Kirchmeier noted the construction activities halted by protesters Wednesday and Thursday were outside of the 20-mile exclusion zone.

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