The ruling 'effectively legitimizes launching an hours-long barrage of freezing water, explosives, and highly dangerous munitions into a crowd of demonstrators,' warned rledermanatty, an attorney representing those who sued over excessive use of force.
accusing North Dakota law enforcement officers of excessive use of force—a decision that critics have characterized as a tacit endorsement of the violent repression of climate justice advocates.
Attorneys for law enforcement officers named as defendants, including Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and Mandan Police Chief Jason Ziegler,"say officers were outnumbered and were concerned for their lives and safety," Thursday. "They sought to have the protesters' legal claims dismissed." Traynor argued that police violence was justified given the"unprecedented" nature of the situation. He cited the fact that"officers issued two code red requests and a Signal 100, requesting the assistance of every available officer in the state," which"has never been done in North Dakota history.
Traynor in January threw out another lawsuit filed by a pipeline protester claiming that law enforcement used excessive force at a 2017 protest site. The order came weeks after a similar ruling in a case brought by another demonstrator.
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