Is Pipeline Protester Wilansky Going To Face Charges As A Bomber?

By Bob Owens

Interesting…

A federal grand jury in North Dakota is looking into a violent November clash between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and officers in which a woman was seriously injured.

Steve Martinez, 42, a pipeline protester from Williston, N.D., has been ordered to testify regarding the arm injury of Sophia Wilansky, 21, of New York, according to his attorney, Ralph Hurvitz. Protesters maintain she was injured by a grenade thrown by police, but authorities say she was hurt by a small propane tank that protesters rigged to explode.

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Martinez had been scheduled to testify before the grand jury Wednesday, but Hurvitz said the matter was delayed to Feb. 1. Martinez made a statement outside the courthouse, saying he would refuse to cooperate and was prepared to go to jail if found in contempt of court.

“Losing my freedom is a small price to pay for keeping my dignity and standing up for what’s right,” he said.

We’ve maintained from the very beginning that Wilansky’s injuries are not consistent with any of the flashbang, stinger (a kind of crowd control device that throws rubber balls at low velocities), CS grenades used by police (handheld or launched), or foam baton rounds. Officers …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms