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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Set Fires, Assault Officers - Police

© AP Photo / David GoldmanIn this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 photo, Beatrice Menase Kwe Jackson, center, walks with Daniel Emory, both of the Ojibwe Native American tribe as they lead a procession to the Cannonball river for a traditional water ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D.
In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 photo, Beatrice Menase Kwe Jackson, center, walks with Daniel Emory, both of the Ojibwe Native American tribe as they lead a procession to the Cannonball river for a traditional water ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. - Sputnik International
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Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrators carried out protests for a third consecutive night near the construction site of the $3.7 billion development project where they set fires and assaulted officers, Mandan Police Chief Jason Ziegler said in a press release.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Some 150 protesters assembled on Wednesday evening at the Backwater Bridge. In the ensuing four hours, protesters started three tire fires on the bridge and two fires on each side of the bridge, the release stated.

“Last night our officers faced the same type of hostility and aggression that we have been subjected to for the past six months, “ Ziegler stated on Thursday. “Rioters once again violated the December agreement to stay off the Backwater Bridge as they set fires and assaulted officers using a variety of materials including ice chunks, rocks, and other home-made projectiles.”

Protesters made several attempts to flank law enforcement, the release claimed. Eventually, after protesters failed to comply to multiple orders, law enforcement used “less-than-lethal munitions."

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) confront bulldozers working on the new oil pipeline in an effort to make them stop, September 3, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota - Sputnik International
Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Spark Clash Between Tribes, US Authorities
Six injuries were reported between law enforcement officers and National Guard soldiers of the US state of North Dakota, according to the release.  Authorities made 21 arrests, bringing the total number of arrests to 624 since protest activity began on August 10, 2016, the release stated.

The nearly 1,200-mile pipeline is intended to transport domestically produced light crude oil from North Dakota through the states of South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. Last month, the US Army Corps of Engineers decided to halt final-stage construction of the pipeline because of environmental concerns.

The project has sparked protests with violent clashes involving local law enforcement officials, who have used dogs, water cannons, tear gas and physical violence in unsuccessful attempts to end the standoff.

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