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'Divergent star' Shailene Woodley arrested for 'trespassing' at latest protest over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said it will keep fighting after a federal appeals court rejected its request to halt construction. | 'Divergent star' Shailene Woodley arrested for 'trespassing' at latest protest over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said it will keep fighting after a federal appeals court rejected its request to halt construction. |
American Actress Shailene Woodley was arrested by local law enforcement on Monday while joining protesters at the rally site. After being told to leave the protest site, Woodley complied but on returning to her camper van found it surrounded with police with assault rifles. She was told she wasn't allowed to continue; they were not letting her go. In a conversation with a local sheriff she was told she was being arrested for "trespassing," that she had been identified she was trespassing on private land. | |
About 100 protesters were on a construction site before cops moved in and put handcuffs on Shailene. TMZ reported other people were arrested as well but according to her Twitter account other arrests were not made. | About 100 protesters were on a construction site before cops moved in and put handcuffs on Shailene. TMZ reported other people were arrested as well but according to her Twitter account other arrests were not made. |
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters continued their protest of the pipeline construction on Monday. A day recognized by some states as Columbus Day named after Christopher Columbus who was said to discover America but didn’t but increasingly more states are renaming the day Indigenous Peoples’ Day. | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters continued their protest of the pipeline construction on Monday. A day recognized by some states as Columbus Day named after Christopher Columbus who was said to discover America but didn’t but increasingly more states are renaming the day Indigenous Peoples’ Day. |
“The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is not backing down from this fight,” said the tribe’s chairman, Dave Archambault II. “We are guided by prayer, and we will continue to fight for our people. We will not rest until our lands, people, waters and sacred places are permanently protected from this destructive pipeline.” | “The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is not backing down from this fight,” said the tribe’s chairman, Dave Archambault II. “We are guided by prayer, and we will continue to fight for our people. We will not rest until our lands, people, waters and sacred places are permanently protected from this destructive pipeline.” |