Policing the Pipeline

When the oil company Enbridge sought to build its Line 3 pipeline through northern Minnesota, it faced opposition from Indigenous-led water protectors. The company moved to coordinate with local police as they cracked down on the resistance.

Environmentalist Winona LaDuke speaks to the media in front of the section of Enbridge Pipeline 3 outside Park Rapids, Minnesota, on June 6, 2021. - Line 3 is an oil sands pipeline which runs from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin in the United States. In 2014, a new route for the Line 3 pipeline was proposed to allow an increased volume of oil to be transported daily. While that project has been approved in Canada, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, it has sparked continued resistance from climate justice groups and Native American communities in Minnesota. While many people are concerned about potential oil spills along Line 3, some Native American communities in Minnesota have opposed the project on the basis of treaty rights and calling President Biden to revoke the permits and halt construction. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Part 17

Pipeline Giant Enbridge Uses Scoring System to Track Indigenous Opposition

Activists are escorted out of an Enbridge Line 3 pump station after being arrested near Park Rapids, Minn., on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Part 16

Prosecutors Hit Anti-Pipeline Protesters With Felony Charges to Send a Message, Defense Says

Part 15

Oil Company Official Overseeing Crackdown on Pipeline Resistance Cut Teeth at Amazon and Exxon

Part 14

Line 3 and a Week of Climate Catastrophe

Part 13

Minnesota Law Enforcement Shared Intelligence on Protest Organizers With Pipeline Company

Activists are escorted out of an Enbridge Line 3 pump station after being arrested near Park Rapids, Minn., on Monday, June 7, 2021. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Part 12

Minnesota Law Enforcement Agency Blocks Release of Public Records About Surveilling Pipeline Opponents

Aitkin County sheriff guards the construction site of the Line 3 oil pipeline after protesters were arrested near Palisade, Minnesota on January 9, 2021. - Line 3 is an oil sands pipeline which runs from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin in the United States. In 2014, a new route for the Line 3 pipeline was proposed to allow an increased volume of oil to be transported daily. While that project has been approved in Canada, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, it has sparked continued resistance from climate justice groups and Native American communities in Minnesota. While many people are concerned about potential oil spills along Line 3, some Native American communities in Minnesota have opposed the project on the basis of treaty rights. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Part 11

Minnesota Police Expected Pipeline Budget Boost to Fund New Weapons

Part 10

Corporate Counterinsurgency Against Line 3 Pipeline Resistance

Part 9

Indigenous Water Protectors Face Off With an Oil Company and Police Over a Minnesota Pipeline

Part 8

Minnesota Sheriff Barricades Pipeline Resistance Camp’s Driveway