{"id":116850,"date":"2017-02-24T07:52:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116850"},"modified":"2017-02-24T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T17:49:32","slug":"burgum-signs-bills-spurred-by-dapl-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116850","title":{"rendered":"Burgum signs 4 bills spurred by DAPL protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BurgumDoug-officialpic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-116891\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BurgumDoug-officialpic1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BurgumDoug-officialpic1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BurgumDoug-officialpic1-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BurgumDoug-officialpic1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed four bills spurred by confrontations between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum signed the bills into law around 3 p.m. Thursday. The bills all take effect immediately.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>it a misdemeanor for someone to wear a mask or hood while committing a crime.<\/li>\n<li>increases the penalties for rioting<\/li>\n<li>allows officers to issue a citation with a $250 fine for trespassing, as opposed to filing criminal charges.<\/li>\n<li>a new law expands the attorney general&#8217;s authority to appoint outside law enforcement officers to assist North Dakota agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the $3.8 billion pipeline had gathered since last year. Nearly 770 protesters have been arrested since last August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed four bills spurred by confrontations between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and law enforcement. Burgum signed the bills into law around 3 p.m. Thursday. The bills all take effect immediately. it a misdemeanor for someone to wear a mask [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":116891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116850"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116892,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116850\/revisions\/116892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}