Documentary filmmaker Deia Schlosberg was arrested while filming an activist shutting down a tar sands pipeline in North Dakota. <br />In solidarity with protesters opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, activists shut down similar valves in Washington, Montana, and Minnesota on the same day.<br />Now Deia Schlosberg is facing 45 years in prison - authorities have charged her with two Class A felonies and one Class C felony, including conspiracy to theft of property, conspiracy to theft of services, and conspiracy to tampering with or damaging a public service.<br />Schlosberg talks to RT America's ‘News with Ed’ on the issue.<br /><br />An online petition with more than 26,000 signatures has called for the charges filed against Schlosberg to be dropped.<br /><br />READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7sxo<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
