Officials: Shots fired at law officers, protesters pepper sprayed as protest site grows tense in armed eviction

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. – Hundreds of officers in riot gear and military vehicles broke through the front lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance Thursday, Oct. 27, using pepper spray, non-lethal bean bag rounds and other deterrents as they cleared out protesters blocking a state highway and occupying the pipeline company’s land.

At least 117 were arrested during a tense day that saw protesters setting fire to roadblocks made of tires, logs and vehicles, authorities removing protesters’ tents from private property and officers using pepper spray and batons to push the crowd back.

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