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  • 2016-08-28 (xsd:date)
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  • North Dakota Gives the Green Light to Shoot Indigenous Tribes on Sight (en)
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  • On 25 August 2016, the web site Anarchicnews published an article reporting that North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple had given the green light to shoot Indigenous tribes protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in that state: Anarchicnews cited three sources at the bottom of their article, but two of those sources included no mention of Governor Darlymple's alleged order to shoot protesters, while the third source, a Facebook group, was inaccessible. Anarchicnews made no mention of whom Governor Darlymple had given the green light to shoot protesters on sight, nor did they explain by what authority a state governor could order the indiscriminate shooting of people who posed no imminent threat to others' lives. Moreover, if Gov. Darlymple truly had given someone a green light to shoot protesters on sight, it's highly unlikely that the only source reporting this news would be a private Facebook group and an obscure blog. Anarchicnews' reporting is also discredited by the fact that indigenous people are still actively protesting the pipeline, in clear view of authorities, yet none of them has been taken out by forces allegedly told to shoot [them] on sight. Governor Dalrymple declared a state of emergency in North Dakota to deal with the pipeline protests on 19 August 2016, proclaiming that the main goals behind his declaration were to ensure the safety of law enforcement, the general public, and the protesters: (en)
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