Confrontations with Law Enforcement Continue Near Standing Rock: CNN Reporter Shot

CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA—Water protectors attempting to pray for sacred sites being desecrated by the Dakota Access Pipeline this morning were met again with extreme force by law enforcement. Overnight, a makeshift bridge was built to connect the northern edge of the Oceti Sakowin camp to land where the Dakota Access Pipeline is currently continuing construction on unceded treaty land north of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation. With permission by the Army Corps of Engineers, law enforcement destroyed the bridge intended for elders to cross the Cantapeta Creek safely to pray for the disturbed sacred sites.

During the confrontation dozens of unarmed protectors were pepper sprayed by law enforcement while wading towards the shoreline in nearly sub-zero temperatures. Reports from the frontline indicate that law enforcement also fired several rounds of rubber bullets, one of them hitting CNN Reporter Erin Schrode. Camp leadership instructed women and children remaining in camp to head south towards the Sicangu Camp, away from police gunfire.

Reports within the Oceti Sakowin Camp indicate that an infiltrator from the Dakota Access Pipeline was reported and may have been attempting to create disorder among the protectors. Camp security placed camps under lock-down, causing another condition of confusion and anxiety among those in and outside of camp.

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