US Veterans to Form Human Shield at Dakota Pipeline Protest

More than 2,000 U.S. military veterans plan to form a human shield to protect protesters of a pipeline project near a Native American reservation in North Dakota, organizers said. Meanwhile, North Dakota law enforcement will not make spot checks on vehicles headed to the camp where activists are based, the governor's office said on Wednesday, backing away from a previous plan. Activists have spent months protesting plans to route the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline beneath a...

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