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Green Party’s Jill Stein to Be Charged After Vandalism at Protest Site

Jill Stein is expected to face charges of either trespassing or vandalism in connection to a protest held Tuesday at a Dakota Access Pipeline work site.

By Charlie Hoffmann·
Green Party’s Jill Stein to Be Charged After Vandalism at Protest Site

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is expected to face charges of either trespassing or vandalism in connection to a protest held Tuesday at a Dakota Access Pipeline work site.

Stein was among an estimated 150 to 200 other protesters at the time of the incident. Law enforcement officers arrived on site after protesters began to vandalize equipment and attach themselves to bulldozers, the Bismarck Tribune reported.