Dear friends:
Here’s how you can choose to act out your care for this brutal support by the state of ND. See below.
Thx.
Salvatore Caruso
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kritee <kriteek@gmail.com>
Subject: [Eco-Dharma] Re: Support this deep practice in the face of legalized violence
Date: November 21, 2016 at 1:20:34 PM MST
To: eco-dharma-sangha <eco-dharma-sangha@googlegroups.com>
I wanted to add one more older but powerful video (Video from Nov 1st) and this crucial link on whom to contact to protest against the atrocities that happened last night. http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/dial-a-cop-20161031
How to Contact the People Sending Militarized Police to Standing RockHave a question about the militarization of policing near Dakota Access pipeline construction? Here’s who to call, starting with Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.There have been a lot of questions surrounding the influx of military style troops and equipment to the Standing Rock Sioux tribal area in North Dakota. In August, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple declared a state of emergency in response to the growing Dakota Access pipeline protests, and Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier has invoked the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, calling on police resources from six surrounding states.On Thursday, police executed a particularly violent sweep of a camp.On Thursday, police executed a particularly violent sweep of a camp that left structures destroyed, more than 140 people arrested, cars impounded and others burning on the side of the road. The highly militarized response—armored vehicles and heavy weaponry—was recorded by many people caught in the assault.Across the nation, there have been solidarity actions to protest the police response. When word spread that police were allegedly using Facebook to monitor those gathered at Standing Rock, a campaign was launched Sunday encouraging Facebook users worldwide to “check-in” at Standing Rock and share that status publicly. The campaign seeks to confuse police by flooding social media with check-ins from all across the globe. According to CNN today, hundreds of thousands of people have already done it; although the Morton County Sheriff's Department has denied using Facebook to monitor the camp.The questions many are asking range from why a private pipeline company warrants a seven-state security force paid for by taxpayers, to why President Obama has not stepped in.Here is a list of officials from the involved states, plus the county and city police confirmed by news reports, to have sent troops and equipment to North Dakota. Questions can be directed to these people. (This list was last updated on Nov. 21, 2016).North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0100
Phone: 701-328-2200
Email: http://www.governor.nd.gov/contact-usMorton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier
Morton County Commissioners Chairman Cody Schulz
Email: cody_schulz@hotmail.com
Phone: 701-391-9698North Dakota Congressional Delegation:
Sen. John Hoeven
Bismarck Office
U.S. Federal Building
220 East Rosser Ave. Room 312
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-250-4618Washington, D.C. Office
338 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-2551Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Bismarck Office
228 Federal Building
220 East Rosser Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-258-4648Washington Office
SH-110 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2043Rep. Kevin Cramer
Bismarck Office
220 East Rosser Avenue
328 Federal Building
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-224-0355Washington, D.C. Office
1032 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2611Law enforcement agencies sending troops and support to Morton County:
Cass County Sheriff Paul D. Laney
Cass County Courthouse211 9th Street South
Fargo, ND 58103Phone: 701-297-6000North Dakota Highway Patrol Superintendent: Col. Michael Gerhart
Headquarters Office
600 E Blvd Ave, Dept 504
Bismarck, ND 58505Phone: 701-328-2455
Email: ndhpinfo@nd.govBismarck Office
601 Channel Drive
Bismarck, ND 58501-7757
Phone: 701-328-5590Minnesota:
(After October 31, Minnesota’s contingent of deputies —29 from Hennepin County, six from Anoka County and five from Washington County—left North Dakota, having fulfilled their terms of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.)Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton
116 Veterans Service Building
20 W 12th Street
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: 651-201-3400Hennepin County Sheriff Richard W. Stanek
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges
City Hall
350 S 5th Street Room 331
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-673-2100
Email: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/contact/index.htmAnoka County Sheriff James Stuart
Anoka Mayor Phil Rice
Washington County Sheriff William M. Hutton
Wisconsin:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
115 East
State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Phone: 608-266-1212Marathon County Sheriff Scott Parks
Marathon County Courthouse
500 Forest St.
Wausau WI 54403-5554
Phone: 715-261-1200
Email: sheriff@co.marathon.wi.us
Indiana:
Gov. Mike Pence
200 W. Washington St.
Rm. 206
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-4567Lake County Sheriff John Buncich
2293 N. Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307-1854
Phone: 219-755-3333Munster Indiana Chief of Police Stephen Scheckel
1001 Ridge Rd
Munster, IN 46321https://twitter.com/munsterpolicein
https://www.facebook.com/Munster-Police-Department-623099214436141Schererville Indiana Police Chief David A. Dowling
25 E Joliet St.
Schererville, IN 46375
Phone: 219-322-5000Griffith Indiana Police Chief Greg Mance
115 N Broad St.
Griffith, IN 46319
Phone: 219-924-7503Hammond Indiana Police Chief John D. Doughty
509 Douglas St.
Hammond, IN
Phone: 219-853-6544Michigan City Police Chief Mark Swistek
1201 E. Michigan Blvd.
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-874-3221 Ext. 305
Email: mswistek@emichigancity.com
Indiana Department of Homeland Security
Executive Director: David Kane
317-232-6139
District 1 Coordinator: Angie Cloutier
317-519-6761La Porte County Sheriff John T. Boyd
809 State Street
Suite 202A
La Porte, IN 46350
Phone: 219-326-7700 Ext. 2406
Jasper County Sheriff Terry J. Wisner
2171 North McKinley Avenue
P.O. Box 296
Rensselaer, Indiana 47978
Phone: 219-866-7344Newton County Sheriff Thomas Van Vleet
304 E Seymour St
Kentland, IN 47951
Phone: 219-474-3331
South Dakota:
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard
500 E Capitol Ave
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-3212South Dakota Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Craig Price
118 West Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-3105Wyoming:
Gov. Matt Mead
Idelman Mansion
2323 Carey Ave.
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0010
Phone: 307-777-7434Laramie County Sheriff Danny L. Glick
Wyoming Highway Patrol
5300 Bishop Blvd
Cheyenne, WY 82009
Phone: (307) 777-4301Wyoming Highway Patrol Administrator Col. Kebin Haller
Phone: 307-777-4301Nebraska:
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts
P.O. Box 94848
Lincoln, NE 68509-4848
Phone: 402-471-2244
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
2433 N.W. 24th Street
Lincoln, NE 68524-1801
Phone: 402-471-7421Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Operations Section Manager Earl Imler
Phone: 402-471-7181
Email: earl.imler@nebraska.govOhio:
Gov. John Kasich
Riffe Center, 30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6117
Phone: 614-466-3555Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Paul A. Pride
Columbus Metro Post
Columbus, Ohio 43209
Phone: 614-466-2660Columbus District Headquarters
2855 West Dublin-Granville Road
Columbus, OH 43235
Phone: 614-799-9241
Email: wwwohp@dps.ohio.govOhio State Highway Patrol Spokesperson Lt. Robert Sellers
Phone: 614-752-2792Federal level decisionmakers:
President Barack Obama
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General: Lt. Gen Todd T. Semonite
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20314-1000
Phone: 202-761-0011Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of Army (Civil Works)
108 Army PentagonWashington, DC 20310(703) 697-8986
Attorney General Loretta Lynch
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20530U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Program Director Angela Copple
North Dakota Department of Emergency Services
P.O. Box 5511
Bismarck, North Dakota 58506-5511
Phone: 701-328-8100www.nd.gov/des
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Kritee <kriteek@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
I hope that all of us have taken the time to watch videos coming out of Standing rock last night. Over 400 Water protectors who were stuck - partly be design - on a bridge and could not move were attacked by police for over 6 hours last night - with freezing water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, concussion grenades that injured over 160 people and sent at least one elder into cardiac arrest. County Sheriff spread the false news that water protectors started fires when there is video proof of how fire got started and how Native people were putting out the fires started by Police.
Things to do:
- See this very short TYT video to get a sense of what happened. LINK
- Spread the word that Water protectors didn't start the fires. See one of the much longer videos from Kevin Gilbertt (see at 1 hour 11 min to see projectile fired into water protectors from police and national Guard. It catches ground on fire and while the water cannon is being used to soak peaceful water protectors another group of water protectors stamp out the fire to prevent it spreading. This shows the story of water cannons to put out fires to be untrue.)
- Sign this Petition in support of prosecuting County Sheriff: https://actionsprout.
io/674D32/initial - Visualize this as a deepest form of practice: For me, this is one of the deepest form of practice where one stands up for what is based on not othering anyone but acting out of connection with all being and all elements that make our precious life possible. Where one doesn't shy away from what is right in order to have a false sense of temporary security. Where we honor our deepest convictions by acting on them. Where we maintain non-violence in the face of legalized violence. Take my bows, water protectors! My feeling is that more of us need to be ready to either engage in this form of practice or at the least support this kind of practice which goes beyond just bearing witness to past trauma.
- Follow the news and share it...Example: from Democracy now:
Standing Rock: 100+ Injured After Police Attack with Water Cannons, Rubber Bullets & Mace
In North Dakota, more than 100 Native Americans and allies fighting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline have been injured by police, who attacked them with rubber bullets, tear gas, mace canisters and water cannons in freezing temperatures Sunday night. The attack was on a bridge near the main Oceti Sakowin resistance camp. It began after the water protectors attempted to clear access to the public bridge, which has been blocked by authorities using military equipment chained to concrete barriers. Medics on scene say multiple people were shot by rubber bullets.Leland Brenholt: "My name is Leland Brenholt. I’m a medic here at Oceti Sakowin. And we have seen at least four gunshot wounds, three of them I know of to the face and head. Rubber bullets. Right now we’re trying to keep people warm. We’re trying to get them decontaminated, and treating all kinds of different wounds. People have been hit with canisters in the chest or the leg and that sort of thing."Water protectors say the police also fired rubber bullets at journalists, shot down drones being used to document the attack and fired flares which ignited grass fires. Legal observers with the National Lawyers Guild said multiple people temporarily lost consciousness after being shot. Witnesses say one elder also went into cardiac arrest and was revived on scene by medics. Both the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe sent medical first responders. This is Angela Bibens, a lawyer with the Red Owl Legal Collective, speaking in a telephone interview recorded by Dallas Goldtooth Sunday.Angela Bibens: "Right now we’ve seen people who have been maced. They deployed 20 mace canisters in a small area in less than five minutes, to the point where people have lost bowel function. At least one seizure has been witnessed at the front lines by our legal observation team. There have been people vomiting from the exposure to the mace. The water cannon has been mixed with the mace, and so even our legal observers have been exposed and are trying to deal with that while they’re doing up their notes. And canisters were shot at the medic area at the front line. There is at least one woman who has a broken kneecap. At least one elder went into cardiac arrest and was revived through CPR at the front line by medics."
Bows,Kritee--
Kritee, Ph.D.Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense FundZen Teacher (Sensei) Boundless in MotionEmail kritee@boundlessinmotion.org Twitter@KriteeKanko
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Kritee, Ph.D.Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense FundZen Teacher (Sensei) Boundless in MotionEmail kritee@boundlessinmotion.org Twitter @KriteeKanko--
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