Corporate security contractors surveilled and targeted Standing Rock water protectors.

Evidence

Under the guise of national security, the FBI and other agencies also made a point of targeting Muslims, among other minorities. Consider the way the government responded to Black Lives Matter and Native-led environmental activism, such as the opposition to building the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The movement at Standing Rock was allegedly infiltrated by private security contractors from a company called TigerSwan, according to reporting from The Intercept; those contractors were hired by Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the pipeline, to gather information on the water protectors that would later be used to file a lawsuit accusing activist groups of conspiracy. The TigerSwan contractors also passed information on the protesters to state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies, including collecting photo and video evidence intended to be used in future prosecutions. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 157

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The FBI pressured Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock activists before protests — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 159

Broader Connections

• The FBI pressured Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock activists before protests #expands (0.85) — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 159