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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, March 4, 2021
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Dakota Access Pipeline protester who has refused to provide testimony to a federal grand jury is back behind bars.
Steve Martinez, 46, was held in contempt of court Wednesday for the second time in a month. Jail records show Martinez is being held in the Burleigh Morton Detention Center.
He had been released on a technicality Feb. 22 following 19 days of incarceration, but was given another subpoena, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
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Martinez‘s attorneys have said his detainment is tied to a lawsuit filed by Sophia Wilansky and government attempts to blame protesters. The 21-year-old woman was severely injured in a violent clash between pipeline protesters and law enforcement in November 2016. Martinez drove Wilansk
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