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Eagles Attack And Destroy Nine Mining Giant's Drones
Wedge-tailed eagles do battle with mining giant's drones, knocking nine out of sky. Eagles and drones have been battling for the skies above Western Australia.
Currently it’s the birds of prey that are winning after taking out nine of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
The Trimble UX5 drones belong to mining company Gold Fields, which has been using them to survey St Ives since 2014.
The wedge-tailed eagle has a two metre wingspan and is a protected species.
Ten UAVs have been lost since South Africa's Gold Fields, the world's seventh-biggest gold producer, began operating the Trimble UX5 systems at its St Ives operations near Kambalda.
White Wolf : Eagles Attack And Destroy Nine Mining Giant's Drones
"Water cannons. Rubber bullets. Mace. Flash grenades. It's an army vs. unarmed people who only want to protect their water and graves," commented Indian Country Today writer Ruth Hopkins
Water protectors and supporters posted photos and updates from the scene throughout the night:
Police Blast #NoDAPL Activists With Water Cannons in Sub-Freezing Temps | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Water protectors and supporters posted photos and updates from the scene throughout the night:
Police Blast #NoDAPL Activists With Water Cannons in Sub-Freezing Temps | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Any threat you been living with for a thousand years ain't much of a threat.
Umm. . . have you ever seen the gear an army uses? Here's a hint: water cannons, rubber bullets, mace, and flash grenades ain't on the list.
Hundreds of Veterans Heading to Standing Rock to Defend DAPL Protesters from Police
“This country is repressing our people,” says Michael A. Wood Jr., a Marine Corps veteran who recently retired from the Baltimore police force to work toward reforming law enforcement. “If we’re going to be heroes, if we’re really going to be those veterans that this country praises, well, then we need to do the things that we actually said we’re going to do when we took the oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic,” he asserted about his plans to go to Standing Rock.
Woods Jr. is joined by Wes Clark Jr. Clark Jr. is the son of General Wesley Clark, the famous military leader who once warned that shortly after 9/11, the government had its eyes on Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. Clark would later attempt to distance himself from those statements but still managed to convince his son, a member of the Army at the time, to stay away from Iraq.
“I was like, ‘I’m going back in. I’m going to go in there and **** people up,’” Clark Jr. recalls of his desire to fight for the military after 9/11. He later changed his mind after his father warned him, as Task and Purpose summarized, “that as a soldier he would be fighting a war that had nothing to do with defeating al Qaeda.”
Now, Wood Jr. and Clark Jr. are attempting to organize a mass, nonviolent protest against police action in North Dakota. Just this past weekend, a female protester was hit with a concussion grenade, causing severe damage to her arm and requiring surgery.
Veterans Heading to Standing Rock to Defend DAPL Protesters from Cops
“This country is repressing our people,” says Michael A. Wood Jr., a Marine Corps veteran who recently retired from the Baltimore police force to work toward reforming law enforcement. “If we’re going to be heroes, if we’re really going to be those veterans that this country praises, well, then we need to do the things that we actually said we’re going to do when we took the oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic,” he asserted about his plans to go to Standing Rock.
Woods Jr. is joined by Wes Clark Jr. Clark Jr. is the son of General Wesley Clark, the famous military leader who once warned that shortly after 9/11, the government had its eyes on Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. Clark would later attempt to distance himself from those statements but still managed to convince his son, a member of the Army at the time, to stay away from Iraq.
“I was like, ‘I’m going back in. I’m going to go in there and **** people up,’” Clark Jr. recalls of his desire to fight for the military after 9/11. He later changed his mind after his father warned him, as Task and Purpose summarized, “that as a soldier he would be fighting a war that had nothing to do with defeating al Qaeda.”
Now, Wood Jr. and Clark Jr. are attempting to organize a mass, nonviolent protest against police action in North Dakota. Just this past weekend, a female protester was hit with a concussion grenade, causing severe damage to her arm and requiring surgery.
Veterans Heading to Standing Rock to Defend DAPL Protesters from Cops
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Prepared by Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council at the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance Camps
On November 21st as a direct result of the violent police response at Standing Rock towards unarmed people opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 21 year old woman from New York City, Sophia Wilansky, was severely injured when a concussion grenade thrown by police hit her left arm and exploded. Sophia was heading to bring water to the unarmed people who were being attacked for several hours by Morton County Sheriff forces. The Morton County Sheriff’s Department has stated that she was injured by a purported propane explosion that the Sheriff’s Department claimed the unarmed people created. These statements are refuted by Sophia’s testimony, by several eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion grenades at unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site and by the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and will be saved for legal proceedings.
Sophia was safely taken out of North Dakota for emergent surgery and is currently in stable condition. Below is her statement as conveyed by her father, lawyer Wayne Wilansky.
“At around 4:30am after the police hit the bridge with water cannons and rubber bullets and pepper spray they lobbed a number of concussion grenades which are not supposed to be thrown at people directly at protesters or protectors as they want to be called. A grenade exploded right as it hit Sophia in the left forearm taking most of the undersurface of her left arm with it. Both her radial and ulnar artery were completely destroyed. Her radius was shattered and a large piece of it is missing. Her medial nerve is missing a large section as well. All of the muscle and soft tissue between her elbow and wrist were blown away. The police did not do this by accident - it was an intentional act of throwing it directly at her. Additionally police were shooting people in face and groin intending to do the most possible damage. Sophia will have surgery again tomorrow as bit by bit they try to rebuild a somewhat functioning arm and hand. The first surgery took a vein from her leg which they have implanted in her arm to take the place of the missing arteries. She will need multiple surgeries to try to gain some functional use of the arm and hand. She will be, every day for the foreseeable future, fearful of losing her arm and hand. There are no words to describe the pain of watching my daughter cry and say she was sorry for the pain she caused me and my wife. I died a thousand deaths today and will continue to do so for quite some time. I am left without the right words to describe the anguish of watching her look at her now alien arm and hand.”
Prepared by Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council at the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance Camps
On November 21st as a direct result of the violent police response at Standing Rock towards unarmed people opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 21 year old woman from New York City, Sophia Wilansky, was severely injured when a concussion grenade thrown by police hit her left arm and exploded. Sophia was heading to bring water to the unarmed people who were being attacked for several hours by Morton County Sheriff forces. The Morton County Sheriff’s Department has stated that she was injured by a purported propane explosion that the Sheriff’s Department claimed the unarmed people created. These statements are refuted by Sophia’s testimony, by several eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion grenades at unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site and by the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and will be saved for legal proceedings.
Sophia was safely taken out of North Dakota for emergent surgery and is currently in stable condition. Below is her statement as conveyed by her father, lawyer Wayne Wilansky.
“At around 4:30am after the police hit the bridge with water cannons and rubber bullets and pepper spray they lobbed a number of concussion grenades which are not supposed to be thrown at people directly at protesters or protectors as they want to be called. A grenade exploded right as it hit Sophia in the left forearm taking most of the undersurface of her left arm with it. Both her radial and ulnar artery were completely destroyed. Her radius was shattered and a large piece of it is missing. Her medial nerve is missing a large section as well. All of the muscle and soft tissue between her elbow and wrist were blown away. The police did not do this by accident - it was an intentional act of throwing it directly at her. Additionally police were shooting people in face and groin intending to do the most possible damage. Sophia will have surgery again tomorrow as bit by bit they try to rebuild a somewhat functioning arm and hand. The first surgery took a vein from her leg which they have implanted in her arm to take the place of the missing arteries. She will need multiple surgeries to try to gain some functional use of the arm and hand. She will be, every day for the foreseeable future, fearful of losing her arm and hand. There are no words to describe the pain of watching my daughter cry and say she was sorry for the pain she caused me and my wife. I died a thousand deaths today and will continue to do so for quite some time. I am left without the right words to describe the anguish of watching her look at her now alien arm and hand.”
Get LOST you WANNABEES!
Complaints grow over whites turning Dakota Access protest into hippie festival - Washington Times
“They are coming in, taking food, clothing etc and occupying space without any desire to participate in camp maintenance and without respect of tribal protocols,” she said. “These people are treating it like it is Burning Man or The Rainbow Gathering and I even witnessed several wandering in and out of camps comparing it to those festivals.”
Is anyone surprised?
A local deputy who asked to remain anonymous told WDAY-AM’s Rob Port that most of the protesters are white, and that some have used racial slurs against black, Hispanic and Native American officers.
Typical Liberal Racist to boot!
Standing Rock Sioux chairman David Archambault II, who is leading the protest, raised concerns about sanitation in a Nov. 23 interview with Vice, saying activists are “digging pits out there for their human waste.”
“That’s a flood zone,” said Mr. Archambault, referring to camps on federal land along the Cannonball River. “So when the floodwaters come up, that waste is going to be contaminating the water. We’re no different than the oil company, if we’re fighting for water. What’s going to happen when people leave? Who has to clean it up? Who has to refurbish it? It’s going to be us, the people who live here.”
As if these activist really care about Native Americans and the environment. Don't expect ANY help once the cameras leave.
Complaints grow over whites turning Dakota Access protest into hippie festival - Washington Times
“They are coming in, taking food, clothing etc and occupying space without any desire to participate in camp maintenance and without respect of tribal protocols,” she said. “These people are treating it like it is Burning Man or The Rainbow Gathering and I even witnessed several wandering in and out of camps comparing it to those festivals.”
Is anyone surprised?
A local deputy who asked to remain anonymous told WDAY-AM’s Rob Port that most of the protesters are white, and that some have used racial slurs against black, Hispanic and Native American officers.
Typical Liberal Racist to boot!
Standing Rock Sioux chairman David Archambault II, who is leading the protest, raised concerns about sanitation in a Nov. 23 interview with Vice, saying activists are “digging pits out there for their human waste.”
“That’s a flood zone,” said Mr. Archambault, referring to camps on federal land along the Cannonball River. “So when the floodwaters come up, that waste is going to be contaminating the water. We’re no different than the oil company, if we’re fighting for water. What’s going to happen when people leave? Who has to clean it up? Who has to refurbish it? It’s going to be us, the people who live here.”
As if these activist really care about Native Americans and the environment. Don't expect ANY help once the cameras leave.
"Get up stand up, stand up for your rights!"
Ziggy Marley
Bob Marley ya f-cking space cadet.
As I said the other day, it's a homeless camp.
A Dakota Access Pipeline protester has been charged with a felony in federal court, and attempted murder charges against her in state court have been dropped.
Red Fawn Fallis, 37, of Denver, has been charged in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Either the U.S. attorney will seek a grand jury indictment against her within two weeks, or she will have a preliminary court hearing Dec. 12.
Attempted murder charges filed against Fallis in Morton County were dismissed Monday morning because of the federal case, according to court records.
The federal complaint alleges that Fallis fired two shots toward officers while being arrested Oct. 27, as law enforcement cleared the northern "front line" camp on N.D. Highway 1806. One shot allegedly struck the ground near a deputy, who said he saw the ground near his left knee "explode."
According to the complaint, Fallis later told law enforcement she was trying to pull the gun out of her pocket and it went off when deputies jumped her. She also reportedly said they were lucky she didn't shoot them all.
In addition, the complaint suggests the alleged gun — a Ruger LCR, .38 special revolver — had been taken from Fallis' then-boyfriend. The Mandan man, who said he dated Fallis for a couple of months prior to the Oct. 27 raid, reported to police Oct. 28 that his gun had been stolen in the past two to three weeks.
In addition, the complaint alleges that Fallis has a felony history as accessory to a crime in Arapahoe County, Colo., which precludes her from legally possessing a gun.
In court Monday, Fallis asked for appointed counsel. Chris Bellmore, of the Federal Public Defender's Office, was assigned to her.
Fallis still has open misdemeanor cases in Morton County, including three separate incidents in which she is charged with disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and maintaining a public nuisance in connection with pipeline protests.
And then of course you had the lunacy from the other side
"About 20 supporters attended Fallis' hearing on Monday morning. Among them was Susana Sandoval, of Chicago.
Sandoval said she does not believe Fallis was armed Oct. 27 and suggested Fallis may have been trying to protect a religious or spiritual instrument. Sandoval also questioned whether Fallis could get a fair trial in North Dakota."
Protester accused of shooting at police charged in federal court | Courts & Crime | bismarcktribune.com
Red Fawn Fallis, 37, of Denver, has been charged in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Either the U.S. attorney will seek a grand jury indictment against her within two weeks, or she will have a preliminary court hearing Dec. 12.
Attempted murder charges filed against Fallis in Morton County were dismissed Monday morning because of the federal case, according to court records.
The federal complaint alleges that Fallis fired two shots toward officers while being arrested Oct. 27, as law enforcement cleared the northern "front line" camp on N.D. Highway 1806. One shot allegedly struck the ground near a deputy, who said he saw the ground near his left knee "explode."
According to the complaint, Fallis later told law enforcement she was trying to pull the gun out of her pocket and it went off when deputies jumped her. She also reportedly said they were lucky she didn't shoot them all.
In addition, the complaint suggests the alleged gun — a Ruger LCR, .38 special revolver — had been taken from Fallis' then-boyfriend. The Mandan man, who said he dated Fallis for a couple of months prior to the Oct. 27 raid, reported to police Oct. 28 that his gun had been stolen in the past two to three weeks.
In addition, the complaint alleges that Fallis has a felony history as accessory to a crime in Arapahoe County, Colo., which precludes her from legally possessing a gun.
In court Monday, Fallis asked for appointed counsel. Chris Bellmore, of the Federal Public Defender's Office, was assigned to her.
Fallis still has open misdemeanor cases in Morton County, including three separate incidents in which she is charged with disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and maintaining a public nuisance in connection with pipeline protests.
And then of course you had the lunacy from the other side
"About 20 supporters attended Fallis' hearing on Monday morning. Among them was Susana Sandoval, of Chicago.
Sandoval said she does not believe Fallis was armed Oct. 27 and suggested Fallis may have been trying to protect a religious or spiritual instrument. Sandoval also questioned whether Fallis could get a fair trial in North Dakota."
Protester accused of shooting at police charged in federal court | Courts & Crime | bismarcktribune.com
A number of motorists were stranded in the median of Interstate 94 west of Mandan after losing control of the vehicles in icy road conditions from Monday's snow storm hitting central and western North Dakota. A winter storm warning with travel alerts and caution for reduced speeds is issued for many highways and roads through Wednesday.
photos courtesy of Mike McCleary, Tribune
Snow to continue through Wednesday | North Dakota News | bismarcktribune.com
This might put a bit of a crimp in travel plans for those who sought to join the fray..............and it must be such an invigorating experience camping in the raw of winter. :lol:
I was listening to NPR and a Cliffy type said how he made it to the pipeline protest with just a few dollars in his pocket and yet he was fed and provided shelter. He said how wonderful it was. Typical of ecotards. I am sure he got bored and left after getting his activism fix.
Special thanks go out to the 4,000 U.S. Veterans who stood up and showed up to be a shield for these brave people.
Obama Administration Halts Pipeline
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Obama Administration Halts Pipeline
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