“We’re here to let the protesters have their say — they can have their voice —and so the workers can get their job done, too. That’s the goal,” he said.

One of the protest organizers, Mekasi Horinek, of Oklahoma Bold, said he was not happy to see 10 private security types apparently hired by Dakota Access “posted up” to the scene carrying .40 caliber Glock handguns.

“We’re here in prayer and occupying that site. We asked them to disarm; we’re out here to be peaceful and they’re armed,” Horinek said.

Protesters with the group Up to Us stood near the barricade singing “You know not what you do,” to the pipeline workers, while small children from Standing Rock listened and watched.

The runners led a chant of “We run for water! We run for our nation! We run for our brothers! We Run,” as protesters pushed up the police line and four more were arrested in the second series of arrests for the day.

Woodley said she wanted the futuristic Divergent role because of her beliefs about fossil fuels causing climate change and her fears that a water-starved planet could someday resemble World War III.