Several Pipeline Protesters Arrested After Refusing To Leave Minnesota State Capitol

CBS Minnesota

August 28, 2021

A number of protesters demonstrating against the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline were arrested Friday at the Minnesota State Capitol following a brief standoff with law enforcement.

The arrests happened around noontime after dozens of Minnesota State Patrol troopers surrounded a teepee on the capitol mall where demonstrators were holding a ceremony, playing drums and singing traditional Native American songs.

Videos posted to social media showed troopers telling the protesters over loudspeaker that their permit to protest expired Thursday night, adding that they’d be arrested if they didn’t leave the mall. “In order to prepare for future permitted events, you need to leave the cordoned off area immediately,” the troopers said.

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