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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/10/01/dakota-access-pipeline-

iowa-sabotage-federal-charges-jessica-reznicek-ruby-montoya-trial-activist-ia/3833320002/

Reznicek and Montoya, who had been involved in the Des Moines Catholic Workers' social justice movement, held a news conference in July 2017 where they described their "direct action" campaign to stop the pipeline while it was under construction.

The two women said their sabotage included burning at least five pieces of heavy construction equipment in northwest Iowa's Buena Vista County.

They also used oxyacetylene cutting torches to damage exposed, empty pipeline valves up and down the pipeline route across Iowa and South Dakota.

They later used tires and gasoline-soaked rags to burn multiple valve sites and electric units, as well as heavy equipment on pipeline easements.

The damage to heavy equipment in Buena Vista County alone was estimated at exceeding $2.5 million, while damage at a series of work sites elsewhere in Iowa after November 2016 was described as either undetermined or for lesser amounts.

This goes way beyond simply vandalizing property. In this case, the punishment fits the crime.
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