Shailene Woodley was with other protesters peacefully occupying land in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline after which she was arrested for criminal trespassing. Fortunately for us she filmed the entire event for Facebook Live, which we’ll discuss in a moment. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe suffered a blow in court on Sunday which went widely unnoticed by the media. A federal appeals court denied their request to extend an injunction preventing construction within 20 miles of Lake Oahe in North Dakota. Following that ruling, construction can continue in that area. It was my understanding that President Obama had blocked the pipeline temporarily, however that was just on federally owned land until more research could be done. The tribe vows to fight this latest ruling and continue their peaceful protest, which has been met with extreme military force including attack dogs and pepper spray.

After returning from a protest to her RV, where she was outside recording for Facebook and doing interviews, Shailene was arrested by police who came in an armored personnel carrier. There was also a helicopter flying around, but Shailene emphasized in the lead-up to her arrest that the protests went peacefully that day. The police arrested her but did not detain or arrest any other protesters from what we could see in the video. (E! reports that 26 other people were also arrested.) Here’s the video of Shailene’s arrest and I’ll include an overview below of what she said during her arrest in case you can’t listen to it. When she saw all the police coming she joked, “there’s some Divergent sh-t about to go down.” Also this video is longer than the one which is being shown on TMZ as it has her interviews ahead of the arrest, which happens around 8:00 in. She said that her mom is there and I think she’s the person recording later in the video. If you want to watch her full Facebook Live video, which is over two hours long and includes the protests, you can see it on Facebook. The video below is just the last 12 minutes of that video.

Here’s some of what Shailene said in the video if you can’t watch it:

Shailene: I don’t know if you guys just heard me, but I was just walking back to my RV, which is right there so that we can go back to camp peacefully and they grabbed me by my jacket and said that I wasn’t allowed to continue. And they had giant guns and batons and zip ties and they’re not letting me go.

Policeman: We can’t talk right here, but right now you’re going to be placed under arrest for criminal trespassing.

Shailene: Why am I being arrested and no one else is who was down there [protesting]?

Cops: We have word that you trespassed on the property so you’re being placed under arrest.

Shailene: Yeah but so did hundreds of people.

Cops: You were identified.

Shailene: Alright, I’m being arrested. I was trespassing like everyone else, but as soon as you guys asked me to leave, I left. I was down there with everyone else… it’s because I’m well known, it’s because I have 40,000 people watching.

Shailene [speaks to camera] So everybody knows…we were going to our vehicle which they had all surrounded and waiting for me with giant guns and a giant truck behind them just so they could arrest me. I hope you’re watching mainstream media.

[From Facebook via E!]

It’s nice that she says “well known” instead of “famous,” there’s something humble about that. You know what, I’m really glad they arrested Shailene. If she wasn’t arrested, I wouldn’t have gone to Facebook to see armed police surrounding peaceful protesters, and I wouldn’t have seen the incredibly lopsided, militarized response to people who have a right to protect their land and to question whether their water is going to be poisoned. (A pipeline leaked in Alabama last month, spilling 252,000 gallons of gasoline. Did you hear about it?) If they didn’t arrest her, the media might not have covered this so widely.

Shailene has since been released from Morton County Jail in North Dakota. Her publicist told E! “She appreciates the outpouring of support, not only for her, but more importantly, for the continued fight against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.”

We stand with Standing Rock. I donated to their cause some time ago and if you’d like to help you can donate here. You can also call your senators and congresspeople and urge them to help block the pipeline.

Also Shailene posted this Instagram of Bernie Sanders supporting the cause. Remember that he’s backing Hillary and that they’ve worked together on initiatives, including affordable education.

SO COOL! not too late to help support. Repost from @uptouscaravan – Look at who we found with our shirt! @SenSanders @BernieSanders is proudly standing with our native brothers and sisters from Standing Rock to stop the North Dakota Access Pipeline – help us raise funds to make sure people on the ground will be prepped for winter – get a shirt now! Http://bit.ly/StandwithStandingRockTee #NoDAPL #StandwithStandingRock #rezpectourwater #keepitintheground #UpToUs

A photo posted by Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) on Oct 4, 2016 at 3:11pm PDT

from NY to ND, we as sisters stand together to protect clean water. let us bridge these divides. let us see beyond the illusions in front of us. let us create a world for our children that promises them rivers to swim in, oceans to explore, and lakes to float upon. #UpToUs #RezpectOurWater #NoDAPL #StandWithStandingRock #nodakotaaccess @bobbijean20 @byellowtail

A photo posted by Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) on Sep 13, 2016 at 3:02pm PDT

photos credit: FameFlynet, WENN and Instagram/Shailene Woodley