
The Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and Public Information Officer Donnell Hushka led journalists behind a police blockade set up at Fort Rice on State Highway 1806. Journalists were able to see the staging post for last Thursday’s operations.
Journalists also had the opportunity to see everything behind police lines from Fort Rice, past the first and second blockades and Front Line camp, down to the bridge where two trucks were burned Thursday night.
Many of the protester’s possessions had already been seized or returned. The rest were strategically staged at key sites of Thursday’s events.
These are photos from that media tour.
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A police vehicle drives past the supposed remnants of the Front Line camp near Standing Rock as Dakota Access Pipeline workers make progress on the pipeline in the background. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

A hand-knit object sits on the west side of North Dakota State Hifhway 1806 on Sunday afternoon, days after police raided indigenous protest actions. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

Maxi pads sit easily viewable from a shed used to sort indigenous camping gear. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

A Dakota Access Pipeline worker looks at the new pipeline on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

Energy Transfer Partners workers make progress on the Dakota Access Pipeline near Stnading Rock on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

Police staged two propane fuel tanks natives had used to keep warm and cook, making them easily visible on the Front Line camp site for journalists to photograph. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

A teddy bear sits attached to a wooden post as Dakota Access pipeline workers put pipe into the ground on the east side of State Highway 1806. Pipeline workers had already destroyed spiritually significant native land, now owned by the Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, on the west side of the highway. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

Police placed this decorative sign on top of a hay bale before journalists were escorted to photograph the scene at the Standing Rock front line camp. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

Dakota Access Pipeline workers put up razor wire to protect the pipeline from protesters. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

The cars protesters disabled and set fire during during police actions against indigenous tribes at Standing Rock on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

This photo shows one of the armored vehicles police used to inch forward against unarmed protesters during a raid at Standing Rock on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Other photos taken by Wanderer News but not included in this slideshow indicate police used at least 10 military humvees and had spotlights to use for a night raid. (Photo by Adam Schrader)

Two men in combat gear stand watch over a bridge on State Highway 1806 to ensure protesters don't attempt to contact Dakota Access workers. (Photo by Adam Schrader)