Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- January 16, 2017
- Location
- Morton County, North Dakota
- Targets
- Jenifer Stum (Independent)
- Arrest Status
- Arrested and released
- Arresting Authority
- Morton County Sheriff's Department
- Charges
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Rioting: engaging in a riot
- Jan. 16, 2017: Charges pending
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Trespassing: criminal trespass
- Jan. 16, 2017: Charges pending
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Rioting: engaging in a riot
- Unnecessary use of force?
- No
Arrest/Criminal Charge
A man walks through the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., Jan. 24, 2017.
January 16, 2017
Stum, an independent journalist, was arrested on Jan. 16, 2017, while filming an anti-pipeline protest on a bridge at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota.
She was charged with criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor, and engaging in a riot, a class B misdemeanor. If convicted, she faces 60 days imprisonment and a $3,000 fine.
Stum is scheduled to go to trial in April 2018.
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