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August 22, 2018

Water Protectors Arrested in Louisiana Resisting Bayou Bridge Pipeline
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In St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, activists fighting the construction of
the Bayou Bridge pipeline say they are facing increasing police
repression. Police tasered and arrested one water protector Monday, only
a few days after a journalist and three water protectors were arrested
and charged with felony trespassing on Saturday. The 163-mile Bayou
Bridge pipeline is being built by Energy Transfer Partners, the same
company behind the controversial Dakota Access pipeline.


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