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Police Arrest Protesters At North Dakota Pipeline Site

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A Dakota Access pipeline protester defies law enforcement officers who are trying to force them from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 near Cannon Ball, N.D. (James MacPherson/AP Photo)
A Dakota Access pipeline protester defies law enforcement officers who are trying to force them from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 near Cannon Ball, N.D. (James MacPherson/AP)

Law enforcement officials dressed in riot gear used pepper spray and beanbag rounds to disperse hundreds of protesters at the construction site of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

It took nearly six hours to evict the protesters who say the pipeline is too close to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and will poison their water. Authorities say protesters started fires throughout the day, including setting some construction equipment on fire.

Inside Energy reporter Amy Sisk has the latest. 

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Amy Sisk, reporter for Inside Energy. She tweets @amyrsisk.

This segment aired on October 28, 2016.

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