Violence erupts during protests over controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

CANNON BALL, N.D. -- A months-long protest over the Dakota Access oil pipeline reached its most chaotic pitch yet when hundreds of law enforcement officers moved in to force activists off private property.Thursday's nearly six-hour operation dramatically escalated the dispute over Native American rights and the project's environmental impact, with officers in riot gear firing bean bags and pepper spray.Donnell Hushka, a spokeswoman for the Morton County Sheriff's Department, said 141 people were