Actress Shailene Woodley was arrested in North Dakota on Monday while protesting a planned pipeline that Native Americans say will desecrate sacred land and pollute water, an incident that was captured live on camera.
A spokeswoman for the Morton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the 24-year-old actress, who stars in the film “Snowden,” was taken into custody at the demonstration but declined further comment.
Woodley is seen narrating her own arrest in a video posted on her Facebook page, saying she was headed peacefully back to her vehicle when “they grabbed me by my jacket and said that I wasn’t allowed to continue ... and they have giant guns and batons and zip ties and they are not letting me go.”
An officer is heard on the video telling the actress, also known for the “Divergent” film franchise, that she is being arrested for trespassing.
As she was led away in handcuffs, Woodley says on the video she was among hundreds of protesters but was singled out “because I’m well known, because I have 40,000 people watching.” Woodley, who is known for her environmental activism, has previously joined members of North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest against the proposed construction of the $3.7 billion project.

Source: Arab News