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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tikkalover" data-source="post: 123235" data-attributes="member: 600">DAPL Protest Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back[FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal]DAPL protesters and law enforcement relations took a turn for the worst, after protesters tried set up another camp on top of the hill near Highway 1806. [/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal]This is after police removed barricades from the backwater bridge in a sign of good faith, now they've since put those barriers back and the people here can feel the tension.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"People here are getting frustrated, both sides are getting frustrated to be honest," said DAPL Protester Rachel Willock. [/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Willock works in the kitchen not too far from where the arrest occurred near Highway 1806. [/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"I had seen a whole line of cars and humvee," she said.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Willock called what happened on Wednesday another example of tug of war, where both sides are unwilling to drop the rope.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"Neither side is willing to budge and it's going to stay that way until something happens."[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]State Highway Patrol Lieutenant Tom Iverson says the protesters forced their hand and police had no other choice but to take action. [/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"There was plenty of time for them to remove themselves from that area," Lt. Iverson said.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Lieutenant Iverson says there's a faction of the protest group that continues to cause trouble, making their job more challenging.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"We got to remember that that is a isolated group that we need to take the necessary enforcement action on and hold them accountable while still engaging and talks with the protesters there[/FONT][FONT=Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif][FONT=Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif],[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal]" he said.[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]The encounter pushed law enforcement the closed they have ever been to the camp.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Willock says it's another show of force.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"I think it's another way to intimidate," she said.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]Iverson says the best approach for law enforcement is not stop talks amid rising tensions, but to continue to try and make steps toward progress.[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif]"I'm confident about that," he said. [/FONT]- - - Updated - - -DAPL Protesters Fed up With the "Agitators"Things around the pipeline protest camp seem pretty calm. But on Wednesday, that was not the case.  One protester, Rachel Willock recounts, "A group of police officers in riot gear marching forward and pushing the protectors back. They pushed them all the way back to this gate. That's when I noticed the tipis up on the hill where you see the hum-vs up there."  Those hum-vs are there to keep anyone off the hill where they were trying to set up the new camp. The protesters say it was to prepare for spring.   "This is a flood plane and when this starts to melt in areas up here, this will be under water. So, they wanted to build a camp up on higher land. So they can be dry and be safe," said Tom, a protester who chose not to disclose his last name.   After law enforcement caught wind of the plan, 76 were arrested a few hours later. Not everyone was in agreement with the rogue camp. One native from Cheyenne River  Alex Hithelk, has had enough of the confrontations.  "Every one of those agitators are non-Indian and they think they can just go and fight, but they got to ask us first. We're the ones that give the word. And us Lakotas we believe in peace and not fighting," says Hithelk.  He says that he's not the only one who is against the separate group.   Hithelk adds, "They're not listening. All the, how many meetings we've have, they're the same people that always cause trouble for us."  Those still at the camp are focusing on clean up efforts. The plan is still to move out of the area onto higher ground, but there is no word on when or where that will happen.  According to Morton County Sheriff's Department, the arrest total is nearly 700.</blockquote>

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