WEBVTT - New Season: SLAPP'd

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<v Speaker 1>At the end of March, the pipeline company, energy Transfer,

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<v Speaker 1>when a lawsuit against green Peace for six hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty six million dollars. Energy Transfer claimed that the Standing

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<v Speaker 1>Rock Movement, the big Indigenous led effort to stop the

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<v Speaker 1>Decoda Access pipeline in twenty sixteen, was actually an anti

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<v Speaker 1>corporate conspiracy orchestrated by green Peace, and the jury agreed.

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<v Speaker 1>I was there when the verdict dropped. Can I ask

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<v Speaker 1>what you thought about all of this? One of the

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<v Speaker 1>worst first of the men decisions I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been practicing all over for sixty five years. I've

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<v Speaker 2>then seen anything like this. It's horrible.

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<v Speaker 1>This is absolutely bullshit, one hundred percent. They're treating us

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<v Speaker 1>a Native people like we're not competent enough to organize

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<v Speaker 1>and strategize something to protect our airlines and water.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sick.

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<v Speaker 1>If you read some of the news coverage of the case,

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<v Speaker 1>you might think there's two sides to this story. Transferred,

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<v Speaker 1>the company that built the Dakota Access pipeline, certainly has

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<v Speaker 1>its version.

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<v Speaker 2>Greenpeace maliciously misrepresented events within this community in an unrelenting

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<v Speaker 2>attempt to stop the construction of a pipeline that had

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<v Speaker 2>already obtained all of the necessary legal approvals. These are

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<v Speaker 2>the facts, not the fake news of the green Peace

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<v Speaker 2>propaganda machine, and Greenpeace has its version. This is an

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<v Speaker 2>attempt to scare anybody involved with protests from showing up.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's a bigger story here of an indigenous nation

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<v Speaker 1>fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and

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<v Speaker 1>an energy giant using the courts to punish protesters. To

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<v Speaker 1>tell this story, I had to dive into secretive private

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<v Speaker 1>security documents, into the network of people and organizations behind

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<v Speaker 1>this lawsuit, and into the courtroom at a trial closed

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<v Speaker 1>to cameras and audio reporters. What I found changed the

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<v Speaker 1>way I think about our justice system. Forever you see a.

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<v Speaker 2>Jury, you see a judge, it seems like a nice man,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's all been pre cooked. They create an angle

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<v Speaker 2>and then everybody has to follow. If it goes against

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<v Speaker 2>the angle they created, you are the radical.

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<v Speaker 1>You know green Peace was behind it.

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<v Speaker 2>They had no business here.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trying to point the finger at green Peace because

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<v Speaker 1>God forbid. Some Indians think for themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a life and death issue to our indigenous people.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a life and death issue too, to life itself.

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<v Speaker 1>To water to the river. I'm a lean Brown and

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<v Speaker 1>this season a drilled. We present SLAT, an investigative series

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<v Speaker 1>about how far the fossil fuel industry will go to

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<v Speaker 1>be sure their story wins.

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<v Speaker 2>We do this to stop the desecration of Ujima comes.

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<v Speaker 1>We do this for the next seven generations. We do

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<v Speaker 1>this for the unborn children that are coming through this world.

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<v Speaker 2>They are not allowed to make.

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<v Speaker 1>No pipelines on this flow. Slapped premiere soon on a

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