Water Protectors Hang Massive #NoDAPL Banner from Ceiling of NFL Stadium

As reported by Democracy Now!:

In Minnesota, two water protectors unfurled a massive banner from the ceiling of the Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium during an NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears on Sunday, calling for divestment from the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. The banner read "DIVEST" and "NoDAPL"—that’s the Dakota Access pipeline. The two people who unfurled and hung from the banner were arrested. The action is part of a series of actions demanding major Wall Street banks divest from the pipeline, which has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota, members of more than 200 indigenous nations from across the Americas and many of their non-Native allies.

(Democracy Now! has been doing regular reports on the Dakota Acess Pipeline water protector resistance for months. See links to its regular updates on its website, many of which are also reproduced daily, story by story, below in Beyond Nuclear's Human Rights website section.)

Headlines from today's Midwest Energy News re: Dakota Access Pipeline

PIPELINES:
• Protesters climb rafters to hang a giant “Divest” banner at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis during a Minnesota Vikings game. (Associated Press)
• Despite protests, a section of the Dakota Access pipeline beneath the Mississippi River has been completed. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
• Victories by Dakota Access and Keystone XL protesters have emboldened activists around the country. (InsideClimate News)

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