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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Some military veterans are taking issue with other veterans' plans to join a protest against the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. North Dakota Veterans Coordinating Council president Russ Stabler says his organization is trying to discourage the 2,000 veterans with "Veterans Stand for Standing Rock" from going to the encampment starting Sunday. Stabler says his group supports anyone who wants to protest peacefully, but believes the pipeline demonstrations have not been conducted in "the military manner in which our veterans behave." The Morton County Sheriff's Department also released a video that features a veteran who is critical of the group. The veterans' group says they're going to defend protesters against "assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force" and pipeline security.

Veterans' group criticizes vets joining pipeline protest