This was documented by independent legal observers at the scene . The level of police brutality , repression , and corruption has reached a fevered pitch . The police have been caught lying numerous times as video footage contradicts most of their claims not only on this incident but on previous ones . They are trying to manage the situation by blaming the victim , but no one is talking about how Standing Rock unanimously voted to kick out the more extreme Red Warrior camp of which this journalist was not a member . There will always be idiots that side with the oppressors and the authoritarians , but this is escalating , and people are willing to put their bodies on the line for this . To those that condone wanton violence against Natives YOU are the enemy .