Crime & Safety
Nearly 250 People Arrested In Line 3 Pipeline Protest
Demonstrators locked in 43 workers behind the front gate at the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pump station for some time.
June 10, 2021
Nearly 250 people were arrested when protesters attempting to stop the final leg of the reconstruction of an oil pipeline across northwestern Minnesota took over a pump station, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
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Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes said that 43 workers at the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pump station were trapped inside the site for some time Monday morning when demonstrators locked them in behind the front gate. Protesters also put up barricades and dug trenches across roads, “presumably in preparation” for a standoff with law enforcement, Aukes said.
The workers were eventually able to leave the site. No injuries were reported.
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