Activists invited Stein to leave a message at the protest site near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation on Tuesday, and Stein allegedly sprayed “I approve this message” in red paint on the blade of a bulldozer.
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Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Green Party who on Wednesday had arrest warrants issued against them for participating in a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline earlier this week, say they are proud of their actions and will now “engage the legal process with dignity and integrity”.
In a campaign statement released Wednesday night, Stein showed no inclination should would duck from the charges, but said the real crimes taking place in North Dakota should not be ignored.
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.
The Morton County Sheriff’s Department seems to care as little about protecting Jill Stein’s good name as Stein cares about a North Dakota arrest warrant.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she’s working with North Dakota authorities to arrange a court date on charges related to her participation in a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The pipeline would cross four states, including Iowa, and would transport crude oil from the Bakken Reserve in North Dakota to a refinery in IL. “We’re facing some very serious stuff, all of which demands solutions”, she said.
“We’ve had enough of a rigged economy, we’ve had enough of a rigged political system”, she said. Stein said voters are “clamoring for solutions that are transformative, that address the crisis of our economy, our climate, the expanding wars and the corruption of our democracy”.
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Neither Stein nor Johnson will be allowed to appear in the upcoming national debates between Clinton and Trump unless they receive an average of 15 percent support in national polls, according to longstanding rules maintained by the Commission of Presidential Debates. She also is trailing Gary Johnson, a former New Mexico governor who is running as a Libertarian. “So this is a flawless storm”, Stein said.
