Yankton Lakota under armed siege for protesting hog farm

As this report, at http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-12168 shows, after a small initial protest on Tuesday, there is now a massive police presence, including snipers, threatening protesting tribal members. The South Dakota Peace and Justice Center is calling immediately for observers/witnesses to assemble at the CAFO site near Wagner.

There have been protests and multiple arrests, including minors, as protesters seek to block front loader bulldozers from breaking ground on the new pig farm next to the school. A man was struck by the metal scoop of the front loader (which is used to excavate tons of dirt) and was medically evacuated by ambulance. State Troopers violated their jurisdiction by arresting protesters on a BIA controlled road which is considered Federal land and therefore off limits to State Agencies and Law Enforcement.

A demonstration against a proposed hog farm in Charles Mix County turned tense late Tuesday as South Dakota Highway Patrol officers began arresting Yankton Sioux members and others, according to people at the protest.

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