Dakota Pipeline Protesters Hang Anti-US Bank Banner from Roof at Vikings Game

By: Ryan Glasspiegel | January 1, 2017 2:01 pm ET Follow @sportsrapport

Cops coming to arrest #Vikings fans who have slammed US Bank with rogue banner pic.twitter.com/apOtn6DCaQ

— Brian Murphy (@murphPPress) January 1, 2017

U.S. Bank has been the subject of ongoing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The bank has the naming rights to the new Vikings stadium, and during today’s game versus the Bears two protesters hung a banner from the roof urging the bank to divest from its investment in the project.

The game continued on, but fans were removed from the section immediately beneath the banner:

Section below climbers being cleared out by police pic.twitter.com/vhFdGEtxaG

— chipscoggins (@chipscoggins) January 1, 2017

Police going up to get them now. I'm told they're protesting something. No confirmation though. But they're not supposed to be there pic.twitter.com/0u50bs4gzL

— EvanFitzgerald Fox32 (@EvanWFitzgerald) January 1, 2017

This is not the first time protesters have hung a banner at an NFL game targeting a bank: