Spraying Water On People At -8c Poem by michael spangenberg

The good, the bad and the ugly
Failed to see the good evermore
North Dakota was unmistakably the ugly.

People's drinking water at risk, sacred places
Supposed law enforcement is immediately directed to
ameliorate social prejudice and corporate greed one step further.

Oceti Sakowin camp Fargo, North Dakota, USA:
-8 degrees Celsius, precipitation 36%
Humidity 79%, Wind 40km/hour.

My daughter was shot with a rubber bullet right next to me
We were bringing blankets to the folks who were getting sprayed
with water/chemical combo, because it was freezing cold.

The cops were putting protesters at risk of dying; spraying water on people
in this weather is trying to kill them. I watched one man get carried out after getting sprayed, water on his beard looked frozen, needed help to lift his legs.

It didn't look like he could do it on his own
We knelt to pray on the earth and that's when, that is when
They shot for climate change, and got my mum - Mother Earth.