Thursday, April 17, 2008

South Dakota: Governor denies anyone being injured during Monday's tribal protest against hog farm

A man who said he had been knocked down on Tuesday by a piece ofequipment and later arrested disputed Rounds' claim no one was injured.

Robin Bair, 41, says he was standing behind the front line of protesters talking to a state trooper when a piece of earth moving equipment backed up and struck both him and a police officer.

He was arrested, handcuffed and pulled away from the site by police, he said.

Rounds said Tuesday he was told the equipment had not moved and Bair was not injured. Bair says he went to the Wagner Community Hospital for treatment, and Wednesday had a bruised hip and arm and other injuries. "For them to say it didn't happen, the doctors sure gave me a lot of pain killers and muscle relaxers," he said.

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