https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/...-insurgencies/
https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-gov...dapl-activists
53 bills in 30 states have been introduced since standing rock to criminalize protests. if you think this is more about too many violent rascals skirting the line(0 injured officers vs. 300 injured protesters in standing rock) and not 100% about protecting corporate profit this is silly. you should know this shit. federal agencies have had undercovers spend upwards near a decade at a time infiltrating environmentalist groups. local activists have long public records at city hall. prominent flint and ferguson activists and their family members have wound up dead. if you dont know this stuff, this is too long of a conversation to realistically have.
but if you want evidence of anything else just ask I GUESS