text: Military veterans confront police guarding a bridge near Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 1, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. TigerSwan, the mercenary firm under fire for using counterterrorism tactics against water protectors opposing the Dakota Access pipeline, has applied for a license to provide private security in Louisiana. (Photo: Echinophoria / Getty Images)