On Sept. 3, Democracy Now! filmed security guards working for the Dakota Access pipeline company using dogs and pepper spray to attack protesters. Democracy Now!’s report went viral online and was rebroadcast on many outlets, including CBS, NBC, NPR, CNN, MSNBC and Huffington Post.

„This is an unacceptable violation of freedom of the press,“ said Amy Goodman in a statement. „I was doing my job by covering pipeline guards unleashing dogs and pepper spray on Native American protesters.”

Watch Amy Goodman’s Report from North Dakota