Veterans to Serve as ‘Human Shields’ for Dakota Pipeline Protesters

November 29, 2016
By Christopher Mele
New York Times

As many as 2,000 veterans planned to gather next week at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota to serve as “human shields” for protesters who have for months clashed with the police over the construction of an oil pipeline, organizers said.

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