Protests Sweep Canada Following Paramilitary Assault on Indigenous Fracking Blockade | Common Dreams
20.10.13
Protests Sweep Canada Following Paramilitary Assault on Indigenous Fracking Blockade | Common Dreams: Thursday morning, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stormed the protest, donning camouflage uniforms, wielding rifles, and bringing police dogs to the site. Kathleen Martens with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network reports, "[a]t least four RCMP cruisers were burned" in the events following the raid.
The RCMP announced that 40 people had been arrested, citing a court injunction against the protest.
"The RCMP is coming in here with their tear gas - they even had dogs on us," Susan Levi-Peters, the former chief of the nearby Elsipogtog aboriginal reserve, told Reuters. "They were acting like we're standing there with weapons, while we are standing there, as women, with drums and eagle feathers. This is crazy." The media is reporting that some protesters threw molotov cocktails at the police, who reportedly tear gassed the crowd.
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