{"id":4979,"date":"2017-08-30T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=4979"},"modified":"2017-08-30T23:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T23:12:25","slug":"10-10-2016-false-reports-of-rioting-used-to-describe-ceremony-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/standingrockclassaction.org\/?page_id=4979","title":{"rendered":"10-10-2016: False Reports of “Rioting” used to describe Ceremony & Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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     “This was NOT a Riot<\/span>” micro-documentary by<\/span> John Wathen<\/a>:<\/span>  Shows footage before, during, and after a confrontation between water protectors & officers.  Wathen<\/a> calmly reveals how prayer ceremonies & traditional dancing (by visitors from Argentina, in this video)<\/em> <\/span>are being falsely reported as “riots” by law enforcement officials.  Argentina sharing prayers, & dance.  Referring to the dancers from Argentina<\/em>, the narrator states, \u201cYou can hardly call this a riot.\u201d  Footage of the arrival of riot police soon follows.  The narrator explains the weapons (some deadly) that they were carrying, & comments on the irony of a female elder being arrested while wielding nothing but a sacred pipe.  The film concludes with a short written explanation of the events. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– John Wathen<\/a>  (video length 5:27)<\/em>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n