Over 140 arrested after armed eviction of pipeline protest site

2924473+102816.N.FNS_.protest.dress_.JPG — A man asks protesters to move back as a police line moves south along North Dakota Hwy. 1806 on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

By Amy Dalrymple and Mike Nowatzki / Forum News Service

October 27, 2016 at 8:03 PM

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1/11: A protestor stands before a police line on North Dakota Hwy. 1806 on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

2/11: Protestors start a fire at a road block Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, on North Dakota Hwy. 1806 north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

3/11: A man in traditional dress prays in front of a police line forcing protestors south along North Dakota Hwy. 1806 on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

4/11: Dawn breaks over the Oceti Sakowin Camp Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

A roadblock manned by North Dakota National Guard troops blocks North Dakota Hwy. 1806 before sunrise Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

5/11: A roadblock manned by North Dakota National Guard troops blocks North Dakota Hwy. 1806 before sunrise Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

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6/11: Law enforcement vehicles sound their sirens and flash their lights from a hill overlooking the protest site at noon Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

7/11: Protesters and law enforcement are seen at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest site near Cannon Ball, N.D., Thursday, Oct. 27, in this aerial photo via the Morton County Sheriff's Department.

8/11: A bonfire rages as protesters and law enforcement are seen at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest site near Cannon Ball, N.D., Thursday, Oct. 27, in this aerial photo via the Morton County Sheriff's Department.

9/11: A bonfire rages as protesters and law enforcement are seen at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest site near Cannon Ball, N.D., Thursday, Oct. 27, in this aerial photo via the Morton County Sheriff's Department.

10/11: Protesters and law enforcement are seen at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest site near Cannon Ball, N.D., Thursday, Oct. 27, in this aerial photo via the Morton County Sheriff's Department.

11/11: A man asks protestors to move back as a police line moves south along North Dakota Hwy. 1806 on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

Over 140 arrested after armed eviction of pipeline protest site

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. -- By 3:30 p.m., officers entered the "frontline" camp, set up in the direct path of the pipeline, to take down tents and mark teepees with tape. Protesters began erecting a teepee on the roadway.