News Post Cycle 7

While the police shooting protests  seem to have died down for a bit, the Dakota pipeline is the new trend. While reasons of protest are completely different than the ones in the past, they still seem to be following the same guidelines: something happens, issue rises, people protests, gain attention, protests escalate. I havent looked much into how it all began but in summary the pipeline was being built in Native American's sacred lands and now they are protesting, trying to stop the building of the line and have it done elsewhere. Had the government been building the pipeline through the reservation without permission, issues definitely would be expected. However this pipelines building location is outside of the reservation and on government/company owned land. Which gives the builders the complete right to do it. This issue seems a lot like the epi pen issue that recently came up. The oil company is like the owner of the epi pens and they have the complete right to build there/raise pen prices, but they are pressured not to do so under moral standards.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37855774