North Dakota pipeline protesters pushed back from site after 117 arrested

Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil pipelineSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism by making a contribution or becoming a memberLaw enforcement arrested 117 people in North Dakota after police surrounded protesters, deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles in order to clear hundreds of Native American activists and supporters from land owned by an oil pipeline company.T