7 Protesters Arrested At Line 3 Oil Pipeline Site In Northern Minnesota

CBS Minnesota

March 26, 2021

Several protesters were taken to the St. Louis County Jail Thursday after they locked themselves to machinery and an access gate at a Line 3 oil pipeline construction site.

The Northern Lights Task Force says 20 to 30 protesters gathered at and near the work site near Floodwood, with six of them locking themselves up. Deputies extricated and arrested them. A seventh person was also arrested for refusing to leave the site.

All seven of the protesters are expected to be charged with gross misdemeanor trespass and obstructing the legal process. A 20-year-old Berkeley, California woman who was arrested Thursday was also arrested at the site last week.

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