CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better part of a year, searching tents and huts and arresting dozens of holdouts who had defied a government order to leave. It took 3 1/2 hours for about 220 officers and 18 National Guardsmen to methodically search the protesters’ temporary homes.
Stories Related to Oil Pipeline Camp In North Dakota Cleared
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