[Magdalen] Urgent Prayers Needed

[Marion Thompson]

Prayers continue here, as they have for some weeks now.  I'm glad that 
_finally_ there is somewhat increased coverage in the media.

Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....


On 11/22/2016 2:41 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> As many of you may have heard, the police have been attacking unarmed water
> protectors at the Standing Rock Camp with water cannons, concussion bombs,
> and rubber bullets. This kind of violence is uncalled for IMNSHO. One
> unarmed person, Sophia Wilansky, was hit in the arm by a concussion grenade
> which exploded. She is in critical condition in a Bismarck hospital and
> very likely to lose her arm. Prayers are needed for her and for all the
> other protesters who are being attacked. Here is the press release
> concerning Ms. Wilansky:
>
> Prepared by Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council at the Standing Rock
> Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance Camps
>
> On November 21st as a direct result of the violent police response at
> Standing Rock towards unarmed people opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, a
> 21 year old woman from New York City, Sophia Wilansky, was severely injured
> when a concussion grenade thrown by police hit her left arm and exploded.
> Sophia was heading to bring water to the unarmed people who were being
> attacked for several hours by Morton County Sheriff forces. The Morton
> County Sheriff’s Department has stated that she was injured by a purported
> propane explosion that the Sheriff’s Department claimed the unarmed people
> created. These statements are refuted by Sophia’s testimony, by several
> eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion grenades at
> unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site and by
> the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and will
> be saved for legal proceedings.
>
> Sophia was safely taken out of North Dakota for emergent surgery and is
> currently in stable condition. Below is her statement as conveyed by her
> father, lawyer Wayne Wilansky.
>
> “At around 4:30am after the police hit the bridge with water cannons and
> rubber bullets and pepper spray they lobbed a number of concussion grenades
> which are not supposed to be thrown at people directly at protesters or
> protectors as they want to be called. A grenade exploded right as it hit
> Sophia in the left forearm taking most of the undersurface of her left arm
> with it. Both her radial and ulnar artery were completely destroyed. Her
> radius was shattered and a large piece of it is missing. Her medial nerve
> is missing a large section as well.  All of the muscle and soft tissue
> between her elbow and wrist were blown away. The police did not do this by
> accident - it was an intentional act of throwing it directly at her.
> Additionally police were shooting people in face and groin intending to do
> the most possible damage. Sophia will have surgery again tomorrow as bit by
> bit they try to rebuild a somewhat functioning arm and hand. The first
> surgery took a vein from her leg which they have implanted in her arm to
> take the place of the missing arteries. She will need multiple surgeries to
> try to gain some functional use of the arm and hand. She will be, every day
> for the foreseeable future, fearful of losing her arm and hand. There are
> no words to describe the pain of watching my daughter cry and say she was
> sorry for the pain she caused me and my wife. I died a thousand deaths
> today and will continue to do so for quite some time. I am left without the
> right words to describe the anguish of watching her look at her now alien
> arm and hand.”
>
> A fund set up by friends and verified to help with Sophia’s recovery is set
> up here:
>
> https://www.gofundme.com/30aezxs
>
> The Standing Rock Medic Healer Council deplores the ongoing use of violence
> by the state of North Dakota to address the concerns of the thousands of
> people peacefully assembled at Standing Rock to insist on the right to
> clean healthy drinking water.
>
> Water is Life, Mni Wiconi
>