RSN: Leonardo DiCaprio Stands With Great Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline, Support for Black Lives Matter Grows Among White Youth, Global Charity Attacked in Deadly Kabul Violence

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Published on Aug 25, 2016

The Dakota Access Pipeline is being built on the lands of the Great Sioux Tribes. In response to protests, the police claimed that there were pipe bombs and arrested protesters for trespassing.

Citations:
1. Healy, Jack; "Occupying the Prairie: Tensions Rise as Tribes Move to Block a Pipeline;" (August 23rd, 2016); New York Times; http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/...

2. LaCapria, Kim; "State Cuts Off Water to Dakota Access Pipeline Protestors;" (August 25th, 2016); Snopes;http://www.snopes.com/state-cuts-off-...



3. Chow, Lorraine; "Leonardo DiCaprio Stands With Great Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline;" (May 10th, 2016); EcoWatch; http://www.ecowatch.com/leonardo-dica...

4. Tsosie, Rebecca; "Indigenous Peoples and the Ethics of Remediation: Redressing the Legacy of Radioactive Contamination for Native Peoples and Native Lands;" (April 2nd, 2015); Santa Clara;http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi...

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"PROPONENTS OF THE DAKOTA Access Pipeline, which will connect fracked crude oil from the Bakken fields in North Dakota to markets across the country — claim the controversial project will enhance energy independence. But at least a portion of the oil may well end up as exports to foreign markets, either as crude or as a refined product.



Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has built public support and pressured regulators to approve the project by asserting that the oil will enhance energy independence, because it will be used exclusively by U.S. consumers.



The company claimed in a presentation in Iowa, a state that granted approval for the project this year, that the pipeline will feature “100% Domestic produced crude” that “supports 100% domestic consumption.”



The domestic energy claim, which has been touted by company brochures and a pro-pipeline website, has also been used to criticize hundreds of demonstrators in North Dakota who say the Dakota Access endangers drinking water and threatens sites that are sacred to a number of Native American nations and tribes."


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An encounter with an ‘intoxicated’ 14-year-old outside the conference to discuss police brutality ends with a transit officer spraying the crowd

 transit police officer has pepper-sprayed a crowd in Cleveland protesting the arrest of a 14-year-old at a Black Lives Matter conference inspired by police brutality.

The incident occurred near Cleveland State University in the city’s downtown where the first Black Lives Matter conference was taking place. More than 1,200 participants spent the weekend organizing and discussing a range of social justice issues.

According to the Greater Cleveland regional transit authority, its officers were taking an intoxicated teenage bus rider to a police station just as the conference was ending about 5pm. A large crowd blocked the squad car and tried to get the youngster out. One of the officers turned and began pepper-spraying the crowd.

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No arrests were made. The transit authority did not release the officer’s name. The agency’s officers are not affiliated with the city’s police department.

A video of the incident quickly went viral, and lit a community that is tense from three police-related deaths.

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