More than 40 Highway Patrol vehicles monitored the second day of a mostly American Indian protest near Marty Wednesday, prompting one Indian man to accuse the state of trying to escalate the conflict.
The protest, which began Tuesday, was expected to swell to more than 100 by late Wednesday. But at times during the day, the number of Highway Patrol squad cars — up to 50, according to some accounts — outnumbered actual protesters.
“We’re not here to start something into a conflict,” said Kip Spotted Eagle, a Yankton Sioux Tribal member. “When they all got here, they were pulling out their AR-15’s and large-caliber rifles. They want to escalate this.”
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