Kyle Kirchmeier, right, serves as sheriff of Morton County in North Dakota. Photo from Facebook



For months, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier has used Facebook as a means to taunt the #NoDAPL movement, often accusing people of committing crimes without respecting their due process rights.

So when his department's page mysteriously disappeared on the day after Thanksgiving, many on the internet thought it had been hacked. County officials, however, were quick to dispel the rumor, saying Kirchmeier's staff had been overwhelmed by the intense and negative attention directed at the site.

But on Wednesday night, the page suddenly reappeared. It had been "temporarily unpublished" because the department was "unable to keep up with activity on it," according to an explanation post.

"To all of our loyal followers we say thank you for sticking with us through this unfortunate situation," the post read. The "unfortunate situation" of course is the presence of thousands of people who are resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline

What wasn't explained, though, was the removal of dozens of photos that had appeared on the page since early August, when the #NoDAPL movement began to grow. Even though Kirchmeier's office repeatedly claimed the images represented proof of crimes committed by pipeline resisters, they are no longer available to the public.

So while the page was offline for the past few days, his staff were busy scrubbing it of potentially damaging information regarding his treatment of the hundreds of people who have been arrested and injured for standing up to the pipeline.

The data removal comes as Kirchmeier faces a lawsuit in federal court . The class action accuses the sheriff and law enforcement under his command of violating the civil rights of pipeline resisters by engaging a brutal campaign that harmed people like David Demo, whose was shot in the hand with rubber bullets on November 20, the night of one of the most violent clashes on the front line.

"I was there to observe what was going on, and to continue the protest against the pipeline," Demo, who is a descendant of the Penobscot Nation , said in sworn declaration for the lawsuit . "I was not threatening to the officers."

Demo said the knuckles in his right hand were broken and that was told he will need reconstructive surgery. He had been filming the assault at the time he was shot.

"It is shocking to observe and experience such brutal, cruel excessive force by public officers," Demo stated. "I hope that the court will help put a stop to this to protect our rights to peacefully protest, and to protect the water supply from contamination."

The complaint in Dundon v. Kirchmeier was filed on Monday. Attorneys for the plaintiffs -- who are led by Vanessa Dundon , a member of the Navajo Nation who could lose the use of her right eye after she was shot in the face at close range -- asked for an emergency restraining order against Kirchmeier but it was denied on procedural grounds on Thursday.

Judge Daniel L. Hovland said he couldn't take action because the defendants had not yet been provided official notice of the lawsuit. The plaintiffs quickly filed a motion for reconsideration but also provided notice that Kirchmeier was served a copy of the suit through a county attorney on Thursday morning.

Morton County is overwhelmingly non-Indian despite its presence near the home of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , only 4.1 percent of the population is Native American or Alaska Native.

The elected leadership is non-Indian as well. Kirchmeier won his 2014 election with 52 percent of the vote, according to the North Dakota Secretary of State . He serves a four-year term.

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