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Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by aaronax on Saturday September 07, 2019 @09:32PM (#20907979)
I lived in North Dakota during it's height and 30 years prior. It was a ridiculous protest driven by emotional overreaction to a normal construction proceeding (the Missouri had already been crossed near Williston by the same pipeline).

It had a disruptive negative impact on many of the surrounding communities. And the state was left with a huge mess to clean up after all the protestors left.

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Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by anigbrowl on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:30PM (#20912381)
It's hard to believe that those pushing people off the land for trespass in forcible fashion would have decided to delay a day if they had pointed out the they needed time to clean up their campsite. Did you really think that argument through, or was it just a convenient way to express a negative opinion?
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Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by boomboomsubban on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:17AM (#20909073)
>It had a disruptive negative impact on many of the surrounding communities

Given that it also nearly doubled the size of the county, it probably kept those dying towns afloat.

>And the state was left with a huge mess to clean up after all the protestors left.

The state is also still spending tax money doing DNA tests to find a nonviolent protestor, not to mention the police bill rung up forcing all those protesters to leave.

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