coleman over riddick ? I dont know who to trust anymore . things keep changing <| sep |> Can you post a link please ? <| sep |> It ' s on private land other than the river which I believe is technically owned by the state . The area was also surveyed in advance for any historical artifacts and the tribes were invited by the army corps of engineers multiple times for input on the project . The protestors are trespassing , have lit vehicles on fire , and launched rocks at high volicity and other improvised weaponry at law enforcement . I have also heard reports of livestock being slain and similar acts of vandalism in the area of the protest . not saying this is the majority of protestors , but the economic damage from the violent ones is becoming substantial . The pipeline is more environmentally friendly than any other current method of transportation and there is already another pipe going in that location for over 20 years now without any leaks . The protestors are calling themselves water protectors and claiming it ' s to protect the natives water source . Though the odds of actual contamination are excessively low . A large portion of the protestors are from out of state , and my personal suspicion is that many just protest anything to do with big oil . Regardlesa of their motivations the general theme is they want the whole pipeline to be scrapped . It ' s unclear if the force law enforcement has been using has been excessive or not , but at the least there doesn ' t seem to be anything yet that law enforcement has done that is illegal . Fire trucks were brought to put out some fires from the protest such as from the burning vehicles . At one point some protestors startes getting close to the police barricade and the fire house was then used to push them back below freezing weather . As for the grenade story today , nothing the Police were using should be able to cause that kind of injury . The woman apparently had metal shrapnel in her arm , whcih could not be from flashbangs they put out no shrapnel , concussion grenades a lethal grenade that would have been more destructive and not used by law enforcement , or a stinger grenade puts out rubber shrapnel not metal . It may very well have just been an accident with a propane tank that both sides decided to use for their leverage , but if either side is correct it would appear to be law enforcement . Sorry I don ' t have sources to post on my phone due to the holiday . I know the local news here in ND has been covering it on and off so you should be able to find some articles and video footage that give some more detail .