Hollywood superstar Shailene Woodley has been put under arrest while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
On Monday morning, the Divergent star was nabbed in Sioux County, North Dakota for trespassing during what she called a “peaceful protest.” According to TMZ, before the cops moved in and put the handcuffs on Woodley, about 100 people were protesting at a construction site for the higly controversial pipeline project.
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The Fault in Our Stars actress captured the entire incident on Facebook Live in an effort to ensure that everyone was able to see what was going down. At one point during the broadcast, her camera was facing the wrong direction so she clarified the situation.
“I don’t know if you guys just heard me, but I was walking back to my RV, which is right there so that we go back to camp peacefully and they grabbed me by my jacket and said that I was not allowed to continue,” Woodley said. “And they had giant guns and batons and zip ties and they’re not letting go.”
The situation has caused massive outrage in light of the fact that the planned pipeline crosses sacred Standing Rock Sioux land and burial grounds. The protest was sparked after a Federal appeals court rejected a request for the construction to be halted at the site.
When Woodley attempted to ask the cop a question, the officer arresting her responded, “We can’t talk right here, but you’re going to be placed under arrest for criminal trespassing.”
Woodley tried to ask why only she was being arrested, and the cop then informed her that it was because she had been identified.
“Because I was trespassing like everyone. As soon as you guys asked me to leave, I l left. She was down there, everybody was down there. I’m being arrested. I was down there with everybody else. I don’t know what’s going on? As soon as they came I left… it’s because I’m well known. It’s because I have 40,000 people watching.”
Another 26 people were arrested alongside Shailene Woodley.
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[H/T TMZ]
