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Published August 28, 2012, 07:31 AM

5 arrested in Whiteclay protest released

PINE RIDGE (AP) — Five people arrested after locking arms and blocking a road in the northern Nebraska town of Whiteclay to protest alcohol sales have been released from custody.

PINE RIDGE (AP) — Five people arrested after locking arms and blocking a road in the northern Nebraska town of Whiteclay to protest alcohol sales have been released from custody.

The five people were released on personal recognizance after agreeing to unlock themselves. The arrests came Sunday night, about seven hours after the protesters sat down on Highway 87. Officers also cited a boy who had a knife with a weapons violation and released him to his mother.

An estimated 150-200 people walked the two miles from Pine Ridge to Whiteclay on Sunday to protest beer sales in the Nebraska town that borders South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, where alcohol is banned but alcohol abuse is rampant. The Sheridan County Attorney’s Office says charges against the protesters are pending.

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