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This is the North Dacota state police, which was and is under republican control. Stop this "both sides" bullshit.
It happened in MN under Walz, a Democratic governor, and Joe Biden, a Democratic president. Wikipedia: Pipeline 3 Protests
Ok but was the national guard called in by Walz like it was by Republican Governor Jack Dalrymple?
No. Don't act like it was the same
They would have called the national guard if they thought it was necessary. Instead hundreds of arrests happened, police was payed by the pipeline company and this photo was taken, which really reminds me of OPs image with those sticks and aggressive posturing:
So an oil company paying off the police to stop protests = democrats bad is what you're trying to convey?
Way to go ignoring hundreds of arrests, violent police and the possibility of democrats deploying the national guard as they have done in other situations.
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!
No masks.
So it would have been different under a democratic state leadership? How many pipelines were allowed / supported by democrats and how many were stopped by them?
Technically hard to say for North Dakota as it has always been extremely republican
Want some help moving those goalposts? They look heavy.