Cornel West: I Am Heading to Standing Rock to Show Solidarity With Historic Indigenous Uprising
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Bump it!Amnesty International is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the violent police crackdown against Native American water protectors and their allies fighting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in North Dakota. The call comes after Amnesty sent a delegation of human rights observers to witness the crackdown, which has including police using rubber bullets, tear gas, concussion grenades, sound cannons, water cannons in subfreezing temperatures, and other military-style weapons that have injured hundreds of people. We speak to Dr. Cornel West about why he is soon heading out to Standing Rock to show solidarity.
Read more http://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/1/cornel_west_i_am_heading_to
Last modified on Saturday, 03 December 2016 03:41
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