Officers douse pipeline protesters in subfreezing weather 6 / 17 Associated Press Get the app 3 hrs ago CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital — including some who were treated for hypothermia. Protesters trying to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway late Sunday and early Monday were turned back by authorities using tear gas, rubber bullets and water hoses. At least 17 protesters were injured severely enough to be taken to hospitals, said Dallas Goldtooth, an organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network. "Hypothermia, a number of head injuries from being shot with rubber bullets, one individual had a heart attack," he said. Daniel Kanahele, 64, a native Hawaiian who joined the protest last week, said he was hit with tear gas, water spray and a rubber bullet in a leg, and "it took me off my feet." He was treated at the scene but said many other protesters suffered more serious injuries. Although Goldtooth said a water cannon was used to douse the protesters, Morton County Sheriff's spokesman Rob Keller denied that. Keller said a tactical vehicle spraying tear gas has been mistaken by some people as a water cannon. Keller did confirm that water hoses owned by the Mandan Rural Fire Department were used to put out fires set by protesters and to turn back protesters during a violent clash that was "rapidly unfolding." "Water hoses were used to keep distance between officers and criminal agitators and also to put out fires set by those agitators," he said... http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/of...-in-subfreezing-weather/ar-AAkxXga?li=BBnbfcL
Fantastic news Nobody was shot, no arson, no looting. Hope they froze their asses off A win-win all around IMO