Over the weekend, thousands of people began “checking in” to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in an attempt to thwart the alleged tracking.
Then, after checking in, people would post a message to friends and family, making it clear exactly what they were doing. You might have seen a message like this pop up in your feed:
It’s unclear whether the social media effort originated with the protesters in North Dakota, but the sheriff denies it follows the check-ins.
Last week, the confrontation between protesters and police came to a head. Dozens were arrested as authorities in riot gear and with armored personnel carriers broke up highway barricades and a camp on pipeline developers’ property that was set up earlier in the week. Hundreds of protesters remain at the initial camp to the south.
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