Posted on 10/19/2016 6:45:48 AM PDT by rktman
Despite the fact that two different courts have settled the matter in terms of the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, we’ve been keeping an eye on the ongoing protests. There’s been more than free speech taking place near the disputed stretch of land where the crews are currently working and previous incidents of violence have had the local authorities on edge. But now they’ve got a new problem to be concerned with. Someone has set fire to several pieces of construction equipment and the damage is in seven figures. (Reuters)
Dakota Access LLC, operator of the controversial pipeline carrying oil from North Dakota to the U.S. Gulf Coast, said on Monday that construction equipment burned by unknown individuals over the weekend cost millions of dollars.
Authorities suspect arson in the fire, which took place in Reasnor, Iowa, along the construction of the pipeline route, according to an AP report.
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They should have expected this and had 24 hr security.
Yup, very predictable from the eco-terror leftist scum sponsored by the DNC and Soros.
This has been an ongoing problem up there. They did the same thing back on Aug. 1 at three differnt sites.
link to a couple of those articles:
Time for an open season on Earth Firsters and their ilk!
Or they DID expect this, left the gear unsecured, and waited for the inevitable Reichstag fire. Now they have standing to treat peaceful & persistent protesters as violent criminals.
I’d hire a few snipers. This country is out of control. Old fashioned western justice and severe consequences are required.
With the amount of technology out there and they can’t track the phones that were on in the area when the fires were started?
Reador is about 45 miles SW from the Sac/Fox Meskwaki Indian settlement, so that might explain an attack in this odd location in SE central Iowa.
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