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Tag: police encounter

🦄 Police

Say Her Name — Nekeya Moody Killed in February 2020 After Encounter with Minnesota Police

July 5, 2020June 15, 2022

Minneapolis, MN – Nekeya Moody, a 37-year-old mother of five, died after a struggle with Ramsey County Sheriffs in February 2020. Moody’s sister said she laid unresponsive and lacking medical care for 10 minutes. Today, July 5, Nekeya Moody would’ve turned 38.

On June 19,…

🦄 DAPL, Direct Action, Eco, Police

Water Protectors’ Prayer Walk Ends up with 127 Arrests, Including Unicorn Riot Journalist

October 22, 2016February 26, 2017

Morton County, ND – Early on Saturday, October 22nd, water protectors from the camps near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation blockaded roads by locking themselves to cars and set out on foot to confront construction that threatens to destroy more sacred burial sites.
[Updated as…

🦄 DAPL, Direct Action, Eco, Police

Water Protectors Blockade Highway in Bismarck, Some Charges Dropped

October 18, 2016January 9, 2020

Bismarck-Mandan, ND – Around noon on Monday, a group of over 100 water protectors from the pipeline resistance encampments converged to blockade the Memorial Bridge, a piece of highway connecting the cities of Bismarck and Mandan.

Happening now: water protectors block highway bridge between Bismarck…

🦄 DAPL, Direct Action, Eco

Four Unicorn Riot Journalists Face Charges For Covering #NoDAPL

October 17, 2016October 17, 2016

Since April 1st, 2016, Unicorn Riot has been covering the Sacred Stone Spirit Camp, and the subsequent #NoDAPL movement, to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) underneath both the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
Over three hundred tribes have come together to say no…

🦄 DAPL, Direct Action, Eco, Police

#NoDAPL Noise Demo Demands Freedom for Jailed Water Protector Olowan Martinez

September 21, 2016August 17, 2021

UPDATE- Thursday, September 22 – Olowan Martinez has been freed on bail after being booked in Sheridan, Nebraska, according to a statement posted to Facebook by Red Warrior Camp.
UPDATE- Wednesday, September 21-
The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services says Olowan Martinez was extradited…


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