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<\/a>GETTY IMAGES \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Amy Goodman said she was “doing my job as a journalist”<\/h5>\nUS journalist Amy Goodman is facing charges of participating in a “riot” after filming Native American-led protests over an oil pipeline in North Dakota.<\/p>\n
The Democracy Now! reporter said she would surrender to authorities on Monday in response to the charge.<\/p>\n
District Judge John Grinsteiner will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to support the riot charge.<\/p>\n
Ms Goodman filmed the crackdown on protesters by authorities last month.<\/p>\n
“I wasn’t trespassing, I wasn’t engaging in a riot, I was doing my job as a journalist by covering a violent attack on Native American protesters,” Ms Goodman said.<\/p>\n
\n- Life in the Native American oil protest camps<\/a><\/li>\n
- Protests over huge oil pipeline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The charge relates to her Democracy Now! coverage<\/a> of the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline on 3 September.<\/p>\nEarlier this month US actress Shailene Woodley was arrested<\/a> at a construction site for broadcasting the North Dakota protests on Facebook.<\/p>\nThe video by the Divergent star was viewed more than 2.4 million times on social media within hours of being posted.<\/p>\n
The Dakota Access oil pipeline project, which will cross four states, has drawn huge protests.<\/p>\n
Native Americans have halted its construction in North Dakota, saying it will desecrate sacred land and damage the environment.<\/p>\n
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The charge relates to her Democracy Now! coverage<\/a> of the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline on 3 September.<\/p>\n Earlier this month US actress Shailene Woodley was arrested<\/a> at a construction site for broadcasting the North Dakota protests on Facebook.<\/p>\n The video by the Divergent star was viewed more than 2.4 million times on social media within hours of being posted.<\/p>\n The Dakota Access oil pipeline project, which will cross four states, has drawn huge protests.<\/p>\n Native Americans have halted its construction in North Dakota, saying it will desecrate sacred land and damage the environment.<\/p>\n<\/a>GETTY IMAGES \u00a0\u2022 <\/span><\/span>Amy Goodman is facing a riot charge after covering the North Dakota pipeline protests in September<\/h5>\n<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n