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text: dakota access pipeline violence grows as militarized police use extreme force tear gas on praying protesters 
  tuesday november   by j d heyes tags dakota access pipeline  protestors  police violence naturalnews tensions are ratcheting up in a region of north dakota where construction of a pipeline that will take oil to a refinery facility in illinois is being built as protestors objecting to the project are clashing with increasingly militarized police  the bismark tribune reported that police and protestors clashed as authorities moved in to break up a camp on private property belonging to the pipeline developersprotestors had initially formed a line of no surrender the paper said but it became a line of retreat in the face of a militarized police presence that overwhelmed hundreds of dakota access pipeline protestors pushing them back from the front line of resistance to their main campfor about five hours on thursday beginning around noon police officers pressed the protesters back about a halfmile on nd highway  which was away from a new camp they had built earlier in the week that sat directly atop the pipeline easement rubber bullets bean bags smoke grenades and tasers unrest continued into the evening hours however as police said that two fires were started on a nearby bridge and protestors began lobbing molotov cocktails at officers in addition police reported two incidents where shots were firedthe tribune reported that one woman allegedly fired a handgun in the direction of police as she was being arrested while an armed man who was reportedly run off the road by protesters and was perhaps not connected to the protest had to be treated for a gunshot wound to the handas police moved in some protestors were urging calm and prayer but others threw rocks and water bottles at approaching officers eventually the crowd retreated under a barrage of pepper spray rubber and bean bag bullets smoke grenades and tasersby late afternoon flames and thick plumes of smoke belched out of the cab of one of three dakota access pipeline earth movers while protestors walked back to their main camp on us army corps of engineers landin all police arrested  people the local sheriffs department said charging suspects with engaging in a riot maintaining a public nuisance and conspiracy to endanger by fire and explosiona day before the violence as reported by ami newswire  opponents of the pipeline barricaded a highway and pitched their camp on private land these actions were led by members of the standing rock sioux tribethe previous weekend some  people had been arrestedstanding rock chairman dave archambault ii issued a statement last week in which he blamed the rising militarization of police for the increased tensionsthe militarization of local law enforcement and enlistment of multiple law enforcement agencies from neighboring states is needlessly escalating violence and unlawful arrests against peaceful protesters at standing rock archambault said as quoted by ami newswire  we do not condone reports of illegal actions but believe the majority of peaceful protesters are reacting to strongarm tactics and abuses by law enforcement destruction of burial grounds water are chief concerns law enforcement officers countered by saying that for the vast majority of the protest thus far they have shown remarkable patience and restraint and that they only moved after protestors became more aggressivemorton county sheriff kyle kirchmeier ticked off a list of alleged violations by protestors including buzzing a police helicopter with a drone and firing arrows in the direction of officers he also said that journalists had been harassed and security personnel assaultedfor months protesters have described us as an aggressive police force kirchmeier said in a prepared statement ami newswire reported we have done nothing but demonstrate patience and restraintprotestors are angry about the pipeline stretching across ancient burial grounds newstarget reported  as well as the potential for pipeline leaks that would pollute local water sources  sources