As happened at Standing Rock, North Dakota, energy companies do not respect Native land and rights. In Hubbard County, northern Minnesota, Energy Transfer Partners, began building a unneeded pipeline across reservation land. Many people protested and were arrested.
On 6/7/21, a large protest voiced its solidarity with the Native people whose land was being desecrated and opposition to construction of a pipeline whose purpose was to make money for the energy company. Hundreds were arrested, including Kristie H. and Carly A. B. They refused to plead guilty for what they did. Instead, they challenged the legal basis for their arrest. After a series of depositions in Kristies'‘ case of the officers who allegedly arrested her inside the pumping station, one police officer admitted that she was arrested outside the station. Her case was dismissed.
Carly challenged the prosecution asserting that they couldn’t prove that she had trespassed on the land. Despite initially losing her motion, she persevered. On the eve of a hearing on her motion to reconsider the Judge’s previous decision, the prosecution also dismissed her charge.