Legendary Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider shot the video for his song “So What” on the site of Standing Rock, where thousands are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. His crew was caught among the unarmed

Native American tribes as they were fired upon with rubber bullets and tear gas, had “flash-bang” grenades thrown at them and were hosed down by water cannons in subfreezing temperatures.

We’re told his filmmakers continued to shoot (even after being tear-gassed and their director of photography, Alexander Chinnici, targeted and shot with a rubber bullet), capturing the event for what director (and Dee’s son) Cody Blue Snider is calling “the first ever documentary rock video.”

While Dee and his film crew escaped relatively unscathed, hundreds were injured with cases of broken bones, hypothermia or cardiac arrest, and one woman lost an arm from an exploding flash-bang grenade.

Snider said, “To see US government state and local authorities, along with hired private security, use this type of extreme violent force against unarmed American citizens in peaceful prayer is the saddest, most disturbing thing I have ever experienced. I’m glad we were there to capture the truth for all to see.” Snider’s documentary rock video featuring the Standing Rock footage will be released later this year.

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