Amy Goodman Broadcasts from North Dakota Across from Court Where She Faces Riot Charge Today

North Dakota's Morton County sheriff issued an arrest warrant for Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman on September 8, after she reported on Labor Day weekend protests showing the Dakota Access pipeline company's security guards physically assaulting nonviolent, mostly Native American land protectors. (Photo: Democracy Now!)

Amy Goodman Broadcasts from North Dakota Across from Court Where She Faces Riot Charge Today

The original charge against the award-winning journliast was criminal trespass, but due to lack of evidence, State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson filed a new charge

Democracy Now! broadcast live from Mandan, North Dakota, across the street from the Morton County Courthouse, where more than a half-dozen people will appear in court Monday on charges related to the ongoing resistance to the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. At least three people are due in court today on felony charges after locking themselves to heavy construction equipment. Morton County also issued an arrest warrant for Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman on September 8, five days after we released our on-the-ground video report from Labor Day weekend showing the Dakota Access pipeline company's security guards physically assaulting nonviolent, mostly Native American land protectors, pepper-spraying them and unleashing attack dogs, one of which was shown with blood dripping from its nose and mouth. The original charge against Goodman was criminal trespass, but due to lack of evidence, State's Attorney Ladd Erickson has filed a new charge against Goodman: "riot." If Judge John Grinsteiner approves the new riot charge, she will be appearing in court today at 1:30 p.m. CT to challenge it.

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