Story out of Standing Rock, North Dakota:
Local law enforcement in North Dakota today defended their use of what protesters have described as dog kennel-like holding cells following a tense weekend of demonstrations over the Dakota Access pipeline that resulted in mass arrests and calls from tribal leaders for federal intervention over what they say is the militarization of police.
"Temporary holding cells (chain link fences) have been installed into the Morton County Correctional Center and are used for 'mass arrest' situations only," the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) said in a statement, adding that the "holding cells" were 10 feet by 14 feet.
Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II called on the Department of Justice to intervene over the "militarized law enforcement," and to "send overseers immediately to ensure the protection of First Amendment rights and the safety of thousands here at Standing Rock."
"We have repeatedly seen a disproportionate response from law enforcement to water protectors’ nonviolent exercise of their constitutional rights. Today we have witnessed people praying in peace, yet attacked with pepper spray, rubber bullets, sound and concussion cannons," Archambault said in a statement Thursday evening following a clash between police and demonstrators.
After a weekend of heightened tensions between law enforcement and protesters, many sympathetic to the plight to block the pipeline turned to social media to show their solidarity with the protesters. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)
Story from - CBS News
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