Police made 117 arrests and used pepper spray on activists, who have been standing their ground and refusing to back down over the disputed oil pipeline
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3.01am BST
Things are calming down at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, as night falls. It’s been an eventful day.
2.28am BST
117 protesters have been arrested at the Standing Rock camp, a spokesperson for the Morton County sheriff’s department says.
“Currently law enforcement is engaged in a situation at the backwater bridge, just north of the main camp. Protester have lit a fire near the bridge,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
117 protesters have been arrested. Morton County will be utilizing other jails in this mass arrest operation.
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Source: Guardian Environment