Obama Administration Evicting Standing Rock Water Protectors, As Veterans Are Set To Arrive

As reported in a prior piece, law enforcement has become increasingly more violent toward the protestors, and even seriously injured several. One young woman, Sophia Wilansky, was hit with a concussion grenade in her arm, causing her to undergo a partial amputation.

Wilansky's father, Wayne, discussed what was happening to the Standing Rock DAPL protestors. In a video interview, he alleged that law enforcement agents were deliberately aiming rubber bullets at men's crotches, his daughter was one of several people who were hit in the groin.

"The force of the explosion blew the bone out of her arm and all of the arteries and all of the muscle."

The original planned route of the DAPL was rejected due to concerns over possible water contamination in predominantly white areas, yet the current route was approved to go beneath a lake and a river that sits on Sioux land.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has issued an official response to the eviction notice, saying they are disappointed in the U.S. government's decision and asking that the easement for drilling beneath Lake Oahe be denied.

"The best way to protect people during the winter, and reduce the risk of conflict between water protectors and militarized police, is to deny the easement for the Oahe crossing, and deny it now."

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