Update 5:00 pm:
Minnesota troopers today (Friday) arrested four people protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement pipeline project at the state Capitol.
Videos posted on social media showed law enforcement officers surrounding about a dozen protesters.
About 1,000 demonstrators gathered earlier in the week for a major rally calling on Gov. Walz and President Biden to pull permits and shut down the replacement pipeline project.
A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety says officials had met with group leaders to have them remove a teepee that remained after the permit for the protest expired.
He said that some people were uncooperative, leading to four arrests.
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Original story:
Minnesota troopers have removed some demonstrators protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline project at the state Capitol.
Videos posted on social media showed troopers carrying arrested protesters onto a bus as dozens of law enforcement officers surrounded demonstrators.
They were the remnant of about 1,000 or more people who had gathered for a major rally on Wednesday.
Protestors want Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and President Biden to pull permits and shut down the replacement pipeline project.
Indigenous and environmental activists who oppose the pipeline say it violates Native American treaty rights and will aggravate climate change and risk spills.
AP
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