22 people were arrested Tuesday in connection to a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in Mandan, ND.
Demonstrators gathered at a construction site, where two people locked themselves to the equipment.
The men were arrested for disorderly conduct, hindering law enforcement, and criminal trespass. Twenty other people were also arrested for trespassing.
Law enforcement says they are prepared for more situations like this. Officials say it took hours to get the two protesters off the equipment.
In Appleton, dozens of people showing solidarity with pipeline protestors in North Dakota. It's one of many similar protests taking place across the country Tuesday.
Their voices may be coming from hundreds of miles away, but it isn't stopping them from being vocal.
"It's fighting for something that's right," says Kimberly Shampo, who made the trip from Shawano to downtown Appleton to join protestors. "They shouldn't be trying to do something to the land that's interfering with the water."
And they're coming with varied backgrounds, standing united with protestors at the scene two states away.
"I'm originally from the Menominee Indian reservation," explains protestor James Long, from Oshkosh. He says he came to tonight's protest "to save the water. It's essential that we save the water."
"It takes democracy to makes things happen," explains Fox Valley group of Sierra Club chairman Alan Lawrence, "and it takes active and engaged citizens to make things happen."
Protestors are showing support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. They claim the $3.8 billion pipeline, designed to carry 450,000 barrels of oil across four states each day, would threaten sacred sites and the water supply.
"It's amazing to see that many people come together like this for water," says protestor Samantha Molash, at the rally with her son, "because we're Mother Earth's voice."
Molash says she recently joined demonstrators in North Dakota, and fears for their welfare as more protestors are arrested.
"It breaks my heart," says Molash. "I pray for [those] guys out there every day."
Meanwhile, Dakota Access spokespeople say they're committed to finishing the pipeline, adding the protestors' claims are unfounded.
Last week, a federal order was handed down halting pipeline construction near the reservation for now.
