But did the USACE actually request help from Morton County?
It appears they did at the Sheriff's request.
In another one of Sheriff Kirchmeier's obfuscating manipulations of the spoken and written word, the truth gets twisted. At the bottom of the press release, the truth struggles to the surface.
In an incomplete quote the Sheriff's office says this: "A statement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave Morton County law enforcement 'permission to go onto USACE land to prevent further campsites from developing and threatening public safety."'
Asking permission from the USACE is quite different than "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested the Morton County Sheriff's Department to assist them in removing any trespassers who enter Corps land to the north of the main camp area."
Watch this video:
The violent actions of Morton County were obviously not sanctioned by the USACE, but they looked the other way.
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