Tensions Continue to Rise at DAPL Protest Site

Tensions rise again as oil protesters try to return to private property south of Mandan.

About 200 people protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faced off with law enforcement near the mouth of the Cannonball River.

Officials say protesters tried to build a makeshift bridge to get back onto private property owned by the pipeline developer.

They retreated back to the main camp site around 2 o’clock this afternoon.

Officials say “less-than-lethal” ammunition was used and two arrests were made.

The same land was cleared of a protest encampment last week, with more than 140 people arrested in the process.