North Dakota State Capitol put on lockdown, 14 arrested after anti-DAPL protest

The North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck.

(Image credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)

published 3 November 2016

On Thursday afternoon, 14 people were arrested at the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck during an unexpected protest against the Dakota Access pipeline.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol said the demonstrators were participating in a sit-in inside the Judicial Wing, and were arrested for disorderly conduct, KFYR-TV reports. The Capitol was put under lockdown at around 4:15 p.m., due to the protest activity.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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