Amy Goodman, host of the New York City-based leftist news programme Democracy Now! was charged with criminal trespass by the North Dakota state's attorney (prosecutor). The charge was changed to riot, then was dismissed due to lack of evidence when Goodman appeared in court on Monday. The charges stemmed from her presence at a protest in September against construction of the Dakota Access (Bakken) oil pipeline, after the protest was reported on her show.
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(Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday October 19 2016, @06:59PM
Interestingly, the first time I clicked that link, it took me to the home page rather than thge case. So I clicked back and copied the case number from the URL to try again. Now it just gives me an application error.