At a news conference Tuesday, Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said Stein was “seen at the construction site actually vandalizing, spray painting, a blade on the equipment”. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, Rob Keller, told reporters the warrant was officially filed with the county and if local authorities encountered Stein in the area, “they would arrest her”.
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Despite her campaign efforts, Stein’s very best polling numbers are at about 5 percent.
“Of course I approve the action of ordinary people standing up to the destruction of our climate and sacred sites”, Stein said.
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is trying to stop construction of the pipeline, which is reportedly destroying their sacred ground.
The tribe requested the stoppage after a weekend confrontation between protesters and construction workers near Lake Oahe due to workers allegedly bulldozing sites that attorney Jan Hasselman said were “of great historic and cultural significance to the tribe”.
The Omaha event also came as major-party presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump participated in a nationally televised NBC News forum on military issues.
The photo was captioned: “The Dakota Access Pipeline is vandalism on steroids”. “We need to reduce fossil fuels, not expand their consumption”, Green Party Media Coordinator Scott McLarty said.
The tribes’ protest against the pipeline’s construction turned violent on Saturday after activists clashed with security personnel from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, which said the protesters “stampeded” the construction property and attacked security personnel.
After being prompted about the upcoming presidential debates, Stein championed an open debate format that would likely include her and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson. In the interview, she condemns both Republicans and Democrats as political parties beholden to corporate interests – and slams President Barack Obama for giving the green light to oil extraction projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline.
“On September 6th, in Morton County, Stein and Baraka entered private property posted against trespassers and spray-painted graffiti on a Caterpillar bulldozer belonging to another”.
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In October 2012, Stein joined the Tar Sands Blockade in their effort to stop construction on the pipeline linking Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. The two guard dogs were taken to a Bismarck veterinary clinic, Preskey said. Each is a Class B misdemeanor, which in North Dakota carries a maximum penalty of 30 days’ imprisonment, a fine of $1,500, or both.
