In the affidavit, it was reported that there was “considerable” damage to equipment.
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According to Sheriff’s officials in Morton County, North Dakota, Green Party candidate Jill Stein is expected to face charges for alleged vandalism and trespassing, and a warrant is set to be issued for her arrest.
“This needs to come to an end”, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said at a Tuesday news conference following the protest, urging tribal leaders to address their grievances in the courts.
Yesterday, Stein mused on Twitter, “State of ND may charge me with vandalism”.
The maximum sentence for a class B misdemeanor in North Dakota is 30 days in jail, a $1,500 fine or both.
When Kirchmeier spoke on Tuesday afternoon, the incident was still occurring.
A similar protest was staged at the worksite on Saturday as well, with about 300 protesters in attendance.
President John Yellow Bird Steele sent a letter to Lynch on Thursday saying protesters have been attacked by private security with guard dogs and that racial profiling is occurring. Just when I think you are too embarrassing to the American Left to even consider casting a protest vote for, you go and do something that makes me fall in love all over again. “We need background checks, we need to be assured assault weapons are not out on the streets”.
Supporters have been camping for months in grassland near the pipeline’s route and the tribe’s reservation to prevent it from being constructed under the Missouri River, the source of the tribe’s drinking water supply.
An arrest warrant has reportedly been issued for Jill Stein, the 2016 presidential candidate for the Green Party.
On Tuesday, CNBC reports, the company responsible for constructing the $3.7 billion project agreed to “temporarily halt construction of (the) oil pipeline only in some but not all parts of North Dakota” where there is believed to be tribal land.
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She was protesting over the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is opposed by environmental and Native American groups who fear its impact. Her running mate, Ajamu Baraka, was also charged for painting the word “decolonization” on another piece of nearby equipment.
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A Reuters-Ipsos poll in late August showed Stein the first choice of 2 percent of voters, trailing Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump and Libertarian Gary Johnson.
