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August 3, 2021

Water Protectors Shot with "Less Lethal" Police Munitions at Line 3 Pipeline Protests
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In Minnesota, the Giniw Collective is reporting at least 20 water
protectors were brutally arrested over the weekend - including
Indigenous lawyer and activist Tara Houska - as resistance to the
Enbridge Line 3 pipeline continues. Water protectors say state and local
police used tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and pepper bullets, and
denied medical care to those held in jail. Some were reportedly held in
solitary confinement. Houska on Monday published photos of herself with
bruises on her arms and several wounds from police rubber bullets. Click
here to see our interviews with Tara Houska about resistance to the Line
3 pipeline.


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