Well this is just getting better and better all the time. Governor Jack Dalrymple is laying siege to the Standing Rock camps, ordering all supplies blockaded including food.
Update: We didn't really mean it.
North Dakota state officials on Tuesday backed away from plans to block supplies from reaching protesters at a camp near the construction site of an oil pipeline project after the governor’s office said no such action was planned.
Reuters: North Dakota law enforcement to block pipeline protesters' supplies.
North Dakota law enforcement will begin to block supplies from reaching protesters at a camp near the construction site of an oil pipeline project in an effort to force demonstrators to vacate the area, officials said on Tuesday.
…
Supplies, including food and building materials, will be blocked from entering the main camp following Governor Jack Dalrymple's signing of an "emergency evacuation" order on Monday, said Maxine Herr, a spokeswoman from the Morton County Sheriff's Department.
"They have deliveries, retailers that are delivering to them - we will turn around any of those services," she said.
…
The building materials intended for the site are a top priority because the camp is not zoned for permanent structures, Fong said. Propane tanks also will be blocked because they have been used in attacks against law enforcement, she said.
Dear Governor Dalrymple,
t