Meanwhile, North Dakota authorities have stopped offering free hotel vouchers to protesters after fighting broke out and rooms were damaged following Wednesday’s evacuation.
Only four hotel vouchers were given out during Wednesday’s emergency evacuation deadline...
A man who identified himself on the phone as the manager of the Comfort Inn said he believed there were evictions from three rooms that night. Those evicted were escorted out by Bismarck police.
Police reports show a 24-year-old man was arrested early Thursday at the hotel after assaulting his 18-year-old man brother, who told officers he had been punched in the head and face. No arrests were made, and both refused medical treatment.
A second police report says officers responded late Wednesday when a hotel guest reported hearing “a male hitting [a] female in [the] bathroom of [the] neighboring room.”
“Caller doesn’t know the ppl, they are from protester camp,” said the report.
The woman had a “fat lip” and “some scratches around her left eye,” while the male had “two deep lacerations on his left wrist with significant bleeding in the hotel bathroom.” He told police he had been drinking and that he was a cutter, and was taken to a local emergency room, according to the report.
