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Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday said Nebraska was “happy” to send 11 state troopers to North Dakota.

He spoke about the Dakota Access pipeline protests in answer to a question at a press conference on an unrelated topic. Law enforcement officials on Thursday afternoon began arresting pipeline protesters.

“Certainly I support anybody who’s exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech, but you also have to do it in a way that is within the law,” Nebraska's governor said.

The same program that provided those troopers, which North Dakota paid for, helped Nebraska when fighting wildfires in the past.

“Of course I support the North Dakota governor and all governors who are trying to increase law enforcement and public safety for their people," Ricketts said.

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