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BREAKING: Inciting a riot charges filed against Amy Goodman, of Democracy Now, have been dismissed!!
BREAKING: Charge dropped against Amy Goodman
Vindication for Press Freedom as Charges Dropped Against Journalist Amy Goodman
OCTOBER 18, 2016
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.
When we talk about marginalized communities in our country, we do not (on a mainstream level) include Native Americans.
When we talk about sex trafficking in our country, we do not (on a mainstream level) include Native Americans.
And when we talk about governmental integrity, we do not (on a mainstream level) include Native Americans.
Treaties are broken. Land is stolen. Dams are built. Reservations are flooded. People are displaced.
Yet we fail to notice. We fail to acknowledge. We fail to act.
So much so that it took me, a white non-native woman being arrested on Oct 10th in North Dakota, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, to bring this cause to many people’s attention. And to the forefront of news publications around the world.
The day I was detained, 26 others had to dress in orange as well, as they were booked into the Morton County jail. Did you hear about them?
Twenty-six men and women who put their livelihoods on the line, to protect their children, your children and my future children.
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