Jesse Jackson joins pipeline protest effort, FAA issues 'no-fly' restriction

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — Civil rights activist and Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder, Rev. Jesse Jackson, is joining the effort to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline project south of Mandan.

The news of Jackson’s arrival comes hours after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a “no-fly” order above the contested land where protesters have gathered to block the pipeline crossing beneath the Missouri River, just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

The FAA issued the flight restriction late Tuesday, Oct. 25. It prohibits pilots from operating an aircraft in a 7-mile radius, including the camps set up by protesters, through Nov. 4.

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