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A journalist reporting on the Standing Rock Dakota Pipeline protests actually captured herself on film being shot by a militarized, heavily-armored police officer firing rubber bullets.
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Erin Schrode was filming an interview during a demonstration held by water protectors when, out of nowhere, you hear a shot ring out and then see Schrode fall back in pain.
“I was standing innocently onshore, not making any aggressive gestures, never exchanging a single word with the police who fired at my lower back from their boat,” Schrode wrote on her Facebook as she published the shocking video.
I was shot by militarized police WHILE interviewing a man on camera at #StandingRock…and here's the footage. #NoDAPL https://t.co/FfWiSCbiKf pic.twitter.com/4DRwNPkfZ9
— Erin Schrode (@ErinSchrode) November 3, 2016
The journalist added that although she does not want to divert attention away from the main issues of treaty rights, tribal sovereignty and environmental protection – which are at the heart of the protests – she wants people to witness and be aware of the indiscriminate use of force first hand.
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Hundreds of heavily-armed police officers from several regional police agencies have been deployed to disperse the protest with water cannons, pepper spray, rubber bullets and concussion grenades on protesters, mostly Native Americans. North Dakota just approved another US$4 million to spend on law enforcement efforts, which have already led to the arrests of about 400 protesters.
Local tribes want to halt construction of the US$3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, claiming it threatens local water supplies and sacred tribal sites. The United Nations will produce a report on human rights abuses at the site of the site of the standoff between water protectors and security forces after collecting testimonies by particpants.
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