Tuesday, November 1, 2016

At Dakota Pipeline, Protesters Questions of Surveillance and 'Jamming' Linger


There's a mysterious plane and helicopter circling over the camp at Standing Rock in North Dakota, where police and activists have been locked in a showdown over the Dakota Access oil pipeline for months.

It's unclear who sent the plane or its purpose — but those on the ground believe it may be flying overhead to interfere with connectivity. 

"We don't know what it does. Some posts have been blocked from being posted on Facebook. Some live feeds have been disrupted. I know one woman's phone completely crashed while she was at the front line and it doesn't work anymore. She had valuable videos on her phone," Marilyn Fox, 18, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe told NBC News. 

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