“Sheriff’s spokesman Rob Keller told NBC News that no water cannon were deployed and that water was sprayed from a fire truck to control fires as they were being set by activists. However, video posted to Facebook by activists clearly showed authorities spray a continuous stream of water over demonstrators in areas where there were no fires.”
Freezing protesters soaked with water in pipeline protest

Authorities described the clash as a ‘riot’; protesters accused authorities of using water cannon in below-freezing temperatures.

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