At least 7 journalists charged with crimes during ND pipeline protests [View all]

MORTON COUNTY - At least seven journalists have been charged with crimes while covering Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota, prompting some out-of-state and independent journalists to say law enforcement is targeting them.

The arrests include a freelance journalist who is charged with a felony of conspiring to set fire to roadblocks and vehicles, but he says he was reporting on the confrontation with law enforcement, not participating in it.

“It’s ridiculous the way they’ve been targeting media,” said Adam Schrader, a freelance journalist from New York.

Some journalists have had equipment confiscated by law enforcement that was either not returned or delayed in getting returned.

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