[Magdalen] Jesuits call Dakota pipeline work "morally unacceptable"

[Jay Weigel]

I have an online subscription to the Jesuit magazine America, which I find
very interesting and thought-provoking. This was in today's e-mail
reminder:
http://americamagazine.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=638077ef72a53c785713d1aa2&id=8f1e6a09f1&e=71f05678ee

The pope has spoken before about water being a fundamental right, and about
the rights of indigenous peoples. The way the state of North Dakota, the
local sheriff's department, the DAPL goons, and even the US government have
treated the protesters, who have been peaceful, has been appalling. It does
not make me proud to be an American.

How many of you know that the pipeline was originally supposed to go
through Bismarck and under their water supply, but was re-routed because
the people of Bismarck (white people) protested, citing health concerns?
But when the indigenous people protested, citing the same concerns *plus*
the fact that it would go through burial grounds of their people, their
concerns counted for nothing. They have been shot with rubber bullets,
beaten, sprayed with water cannons in freezing weather, tear-gassed, pepper
sprayed, and arrested on spurious charges. The North Dakota legislature
even tried to pass a law excusing people who "accidentally" run over
protesters.

I am appalled to live in a country that behaves like this and CONTINUES to
behave like this.