As the government increasingly turns to appalling violence in their
efforts to subdue the unshakable will of the Standing Rock Sioux, the
protesters fighting to protect their sacred lands have a new ally – our
veterans.
Hundreds of veterans are planning to travel to North
Dakota to join the protesters and assemble as “an unarmed, peaceful
militia to defend water protectors from assault and intimidation at the
hands of the militarized police force and DAPL Security.” A Facebook
page devoted to the event has 600 confirmed marchers and 4500 potential
more. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) will be joining them at the protest
site.
“This country is repressing our people. 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” says prominent veteran and former
Baltimore police officer Michael A. Wood.
http://reverbpress.com/news/calvary-meet-veterans-deploying-standing-rock/
http://www.ktvz.com/news/national-world/veterans-to-deploy-for-standing-rock/179842425
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