iv. Slander, False Reports, & Intimidation against Water Protectors:

4 Since the time the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe & concerned civilians & organizations sent out an international call for help to peaceably advocate & pray to protect Lake Oahe, the Missouri River, & the Gulf of Mexico from contamination by an otherwise imminent oil blowout by the illegally-approved Dakota Access Pipeline Project, Water Protectors not only suffered nearly daily civil rights violations, but also “the movement” has been the target various (inaccurate) slanderous videos, articles, & false reports & testimonies designed to distort the character of Water Protectors according to the public eye. Below is a growing list of such circumstances.