Police and National Guard are making arrests one at a time by pulling protesters out of the line.
National Guard just maced a ton of protesters.
The protesters are claiming that they own the land and that they have the right to prosecute the US national guard for trespassing. “The land doesn’t want you here. You’ve already spilled enough blood here colonizers.”
Unbelievably stupid.
It’s okay when the Lakota genocide the Sioux for the Black Hills but god forbid anyone else move in.
Unicorn Riot just referred to Mount Rushmore as “so-called Mount Rushmore.” Funny.
Police are putting up crime scene tape around the protesters.
The protesters are mostly obese.
The police are trying to negotiate with the protesters. Why? March in and arrest them all.
It’s local cops. They don’t speak for the National Guard or the county sheriff’s department. The cops just said they have no say and can’t negotiate.
Air Force One just flew over.
Meanwhile the protesters are still there and only a few of them have been arrested. Police and National Guard could very easily just move in right now and arrest them all but there's been no movement for a half hour.
The protest leader's talking now. The National Guard's moving away the vans behind the line to clear the area. The protest leader says they're going to stand their ground and resist arrest.
The protest leader said that they've been given about 25 minutes to disperse and anyone who doesn't wanna get arrested should leave now.
The protest leader said that anyone who gets arrested will get booked and released if they don't have a criminal record. Anyone with an arrest warrant already on them will probably be kept in jail until Monday.
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