Over 10,000 Facebook Users Worldwide Falsely Check in at Standing Rock To Confuse Police (time.com)

More than 100,000 people from around the world have checked in on Facebook at the site of Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota, in an effort they hope will help protesters avoid detection by police. From a report on Vice:A call went out for Facebook users over the weekend to falsely check in at Standing Rock to confuse the police regarding protester identities and numbers. But it isn't clear whether the directive came from organizers on the ground at the Camp of the Sacred Stone, who call themselves Water Protectors because of the purported threat that the planned pipeline poses to Standing Rock's water supply, or whether it's a hoax. Protesters have been camped out at Standing Rock since April in response to the planned Energy Transfers Pipeline, but tensions reached a boiling point last week when protesters clashed with police and several vehicles were set on fire. Scenes of standoffs between riot police and protesters linked arm-in-arm were broadcast online via Facebook Live. Law enforcement used a sound cannon in an attempt to disperse protesters. Protest leaders in North Dakota say they were surprised by the Facebook check-in effort, but they appreciate it.

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Re:Pipeline protests make no sense

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How did they "steal their land?" Be specific.

Also, just for fun: address what happened when, say, members of one tribe of "native" Americans (all of whom are Asian immigrants) used violence to take over the land previously occupied by a different tribe. I guess if we're going to make villains out of everyone using lands that a given group of descendants of stone-age tribes says is "sacred," then we really need to resolve this back to every group that muscled in along the way. So... which tribe's idea of sacredness and ownership is more important than which other tribe's notions along those lines?