Sentences with phrase «protesters near the site»

Rob Keller, a spokesman for the Morton County Sheriff's Department said by telephone that the department responded early in the morning to a group of around 200 to 300 protesters near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline.

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Around 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday for trespassing and rioting near a pipeline construction site in North Dakota, according to the local sheriff's department, who said pepper spray was used on some demonstrators.

So far, about 200 people have been arrested at a construction zone near the pipeline's terminal site in Burnaby for allegedly breaking a court injunction keeping protesters away.