Militarized Police Escalate Fight Against Water Protectors, 35 ArrestedBy Derrick Broze On Sunday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the Standing Rock Siouxs request for a permanent injunction to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The DAPLis owned by Dallas, Texas-based corporation Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., which created the subsidiary Dakota Access LLC. The pipelinewill stretch 1,172 miles upon completion and transport crude oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois.The projectis set to cross the Missouri River, within a half-mile of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The Oceti Sakowin, Sacred Stone and Red Warrior Camps were formed in opposition to the pipeline due to threats to sacred sites and the Missouri River. The D.C Appeals Court ruling gives ETP permission to move forward with construction of the pipeline on privately owned land. Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II told NBC News that the Sioux arent done with this fight. The Standing Rock Sioux filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for inadequately consulting with the tribe before granting ETP fast-track approval in July. This, the Sioux say, is in violation of theNational Historic Preservation Act.Construction of the pipeline was temporarily halted in some places after an injunction was issued in August, but ETP continued construction of the pipeline in other areas. This led to conflicts between the water protectors with the Standing Rock Sioux and the local law enforcement. The appellate courts ruling did note that the final word on the matter lies with the Army Corps of Engineers. The three-judge panel said it can only hope that the spirit of the act may yet prevail. It seems they are coming to the same conclusion as the federal government in acknowledging there is something wrong with the approvals for the pipeline, Archambault said. We see this as an encouraging sign. On Monday, one day after the courts decision, hundreds of water protectors gathered at the site of construction on private property. Twenty-seven people were arrested when they attempted to leave, including actress and environmental activist Shailene Woodley. Woodley was live streaming the events via Facebook for nearly two hours with around 35,000 people watching. As she began to leave the action, an officer dressed in riot and military-style gear stopped her, asking someone off camera, this one? before detaining and eventually arresting Woodley. Its because Im well-known, its because I have 40,000 people watching it, she said while being arrested. She would be charged with criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot. By the time she was in handcuffs Woodleys live feed had more than 40,000 live viewers and now has been seen over 3.8million times. If the goal of the police was to limit the release of information to the public they failed miserably. All they did was boost the signal. On Tuesday there were nine more arrests as activists outside of North Dakotawere attemptedto shut down pipelines as part of solidarity action. Meanwhile, Cody Hall, a spokesman for the Red Warrior Camp, said the group is discussing more nonviolent actions to stop or limit construction on the pipeline. Despite the arrests and ongoing attacks toward unarmed people, the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline is far from over. Water protectors with the Standing Rock Sioux have recently received the support of 100 members of Congress, over 100 scientists, and more than 1,200archaeologists, museum directors and historians. The local law enforcement and private security hired by ETP will do what they need to protect their investment and the Sioux seem prepared to fight to defend the Earth.We will have to see who budges first or if a peaceful resolution can be found. Please stay tuned to selfnews Post for live reporting beginning October 21st. Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist and liberty activist. He is the Lead Investigative Reporter for selfnewsPost.com and the founder of the TheConsciousResistance.com. Follow him on Twitter. Derrick is the author of three books: The Conscious Resistance: Reflections on Anarchy and Spirituality and Finding Freedom in an Age of Confusion, Vol. 1 and Finding Freedom in an Age of Confusion, Vol. 2 Derrick is available for interviews. Please contact Derrick@activistpost.com This article may be freely reposted in part or in full with author attribution and source link. Top Image: Water Protectors with prayer and burning sage at a roadblock with Riot Police and military style armored vehicles outside St Anthony, ND on 5 Oct 2016. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography Maybe they need a cool name like NALM (Native American Lives Matter) so they get the same soft glove treatment that the BLM is getting from the police Always be a light that is shininginthedark Behold Hillarys America! Vote for Trump to stand against this EVIL government TYRANNY CORRUPTION ! HiLIARy Obama are VERY EVIL DANGEROUS ENEMIES OF AMERICA. Obama HiLIARy are DELIBERATELY TRYING TO TAKE ALL RIGHTS AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Obama HiLIARy are members of the secret globalist Satanic New World Order ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE whose goal is a worldwide totalitarian tyrannical, military, police-state oligarchy ruled by secret servants of Satan (murderers, warmongers, liars thieves). So did her live feed rally good people to their aid or just provide entertainment for the cowardly watchers. 