Police, protesters clash near Dakota Access Pipeline route

Police and demonstrators opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline clashed overnight on a bridge that has been a flashpoint in the ongoing protests.
“Police say protesters set fires in the area Sunday night and threw rocks at officers,” Prairie Public Broadcasting’s Amy Sisk reported. But an activist said in a live-stream video that projectiles fired from the police side started the fires and that demonstrators, who call themselves water protectors, were trying to extinguish the fl