Yesterday we heard harrowing stories of RCMP violence from Wet'suwet'en matriarch Marlene Hale who's been at #FairyCreek supporting Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones. See photo? Says police impregnate gloves w/ a sedative, force it over defenders' faces & drag them out
@mikefarnworthbc
@mikefarnworthbc We heard about arrestees kept in overheated vans meant to carry fewer prisoners, hands tied & finally driven at breakneck speeds over logging roads until passengers throw up. Of the "green men" (RCMP tactical?) whose name badges are obscured by disallowed thin blue line badges
The land defenders' do not resist, so the fact so many are injured by police, esp by the "green men" who seem to have the job of roughing them up, is proof this violence is deliberate. Teal Jones wants access to the massive ancient trees now, & RCMP will harm kids to help them.
Care to weigh in, @dave_eby? You're the one lawyer who would have gone hard after this extra-legal violence when you were in opposition, and before that when you ran @bccla. Now you're Attorney-General, & you're mute. How fast you turned. #bcpoli #FairyCreek
cc @melaniejmark
@Dave_Eby @bccla @melaniejmark There have also reportedly been indirect casualties. The Indigenous man with heart trouble whom police separated from his medication when they confiscated land defenders' belongings did later die in hospital. And reportedly a suicide after violence. Media: care to investigate?
@Dave_Eby @bccla @melaniejmark RCMP have destroyed vehicles deliberately & needlessly. They allowed *the logging company* Teal Jones to confiscate defenders' belongings & items at #FairyCreek camps - this is obviously illegal - & take them back to their own worksites. Where is the BC govt?
@Dave_Eby @bccla @melaniejmark As for the lack of media up at #FairyCreek, the violence & mistreatment of media may have contributed to their reluctance to go. Someone at CBC told Matriarch Marlene Hale that they'd heard cops had smashed cameras & they could not afford to risk their equipment. (!) #bcpoli
@Dave_Eby @bccla @melaniejmark Media also can't easily get recording equipment up to #FairyCreek because RCMP won't let them drive close to the arrests, forcing them to walk too far w/ heavy equipment, only to be *illegally* kept too far from arrests to properly record them. WHERE ARE YOU, @Dave_Eby? #bcpoli
@Dave_Eby @bccla @melaniejmark Given the internat'l attention on #FairyCreek, from the @guardian to @teenvogue to @LeoDiCaprio & @MarkRuffalo, it's a measure of what great pals @jjhorgan is with Teal Jones & co that he won't save the last of these giants in this one area. That would set a precedent, eh, John?

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14 Sep
Today Teal Cedar went back to court in Nanaimo to ask for their injunction against #FairyCreek forest defenders to be extended.

The logging company's lawyer Dean Dalke is really in a tizzy over the tactical abilities of the protesters... (thread)

thestar.com/news/canada/20…
In court, the logging company's lawyer said of the land defenders, 'their resistance to being arrested is just shocking!' (This generated some amusement)

Leaving aside what "resistance" means for now, let's just review what's been going on with the RCMP at #FairyCreek...
Recall: the RCMP not only used this injunction to remove forest defenders from the #FairyCreek area, they exceeded their powers, & barred media from witnessing their actions, & more. In August, Judge Thompson (same judge as today) found that: cbc.ca/news/canada/br… #bcpoli Image
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10 Sep
THREAD. This 17-year-old was removed from a tripod at Ada’itsx/#FairyCreek on Aug 24. An RCMP officer cut the youth’s shirt off, covered his face with a gloved hand & held his head back at an uncomfortable angle, before dropping him down with a rope around his lower ribs. #bcpoli
Images of RCMP violence at #FairyCreek

1. Videos showing mask-ripping before pepper-spraying, in this article: thenarwhal.ca/fairy-creek-bl…

2. An Indigenous woman land defender attacked and dragged down: instagram.com/p/CS01IvNrSQP/

cont'd...
#bcpoli #oldgrowth #PoliceBrutality
..3. Arrest at River Camp, a young man dragged with rope under his arms by RCMP: instagram.com/p/CSxXyUvhBcl/

4. River Camp Aug. 20 – woman flipped over, four RCMP attack a young black woman: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fold…

There is more, Minister of Silence @mikefarnworthbc...
#bcpoli
Read 10 tweets
9 Sep
THREAD - Report from #FairyCreekBlockade that you won't hear in the BC mainstream media, on the imminent cutting of these ancient trees, incl 1000 year old giants.

The RCMP are acting as heavies for the logging company Teal Jones which has been posting... record profits. #bcpoli
.."This tree is in the next block to be logged at #FairyCreek starting tmrw. It's just outside the watershed. Police cleared the route to it by smashing in the windows of a van so they could drag a woman who had been sleeping in the van out, then crushed her van with a bulldozer"
.."Did we get pictures? No, we are no longer allowed to take pictures, on pain of arrest, and the media were excluded by an illegal exclusion zone. The one BC Supreme Court Justice Justice Thompson said this about:
#bcpoli #FairyCreek #oldgrowth @BCRCMP @mikefarnworthbc @Dave_Eby “The RCMP’s use of exclusion zones was unlawful to bar m
Read 13 tweets
8 Sep
Fascinating review of the history of the anti-airborne bias. Incredibly persistent error.

"Why admitting Covid is Airborne is so hard - Evidence for airborne spread of #Covid19 is strong, but authorities underemphasize airborne protections." theair.substack.com/p/why-covid-is… #COVID19BC
Tip: mistrust anyone mentioning surface hygiene, handwashing, sanitization stations. There is no evidence for fomite transmission - at all. Someone tell Dr. Henry.

Mistrust anyone not centering masks and ventilation.
Read 5 tweets
7 Sep
I feel the entire "Non-fatal coyote attacks on adults in Canada" section on Wikipedia was written by the same person. Every single entry uses the word "mauled," & reads like someone relaying coyote attack gossip to their friend over the phone en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_at… #StanleyPark
"On August 31, 2017, a coyote stalked a young woman and her two children at Round Ray Beach in Shelburne, NS. The screamed for her son to come to her, made roaring noises, & clapped her hands to frighten the animal away. It looked up & relocated to the grasses beside the beach."
Ok this one doesn't use the word "mauled" but the details are great: "On January 8, 2018, a coyote assaulted a woman and her miniature pinscher in Markham, Ontario. Her neighbor rescued them by defending the wild animal with a snow shovel."
Read 4 tweets
22 Aug
VIDEO - NEW. Police violence at #FairyCreek & area. PLEASE watch, read and share. Will include full text in this thread. Includes list of actions - please do them! This is serious & the situation is escalating... #bcpoli #cdnpoli instagram.com/p/CS2naMTBxo4/ #oldgrowth #climatechange
..@SaveFairyCreek: "60 PEOPLE PEPPER SPRAYED AND ASSAULTED OUTSIDE #FAIRYCREEK HQ camp.
▫️The world needs to see this!
▫️Please share everywhere you possibly can."
#fairyCreekBlockade #oldgrowth #bcpoli #cdnpoli
...@SaveFairyCreek: "The line was being pushed, I was trying to protect an Indigenous femme. The cops started pepper spraying everyone. They grabbed me, held open my mouth and sprayed pepper spray into my mouth and eyes. Then they punched me hard..." #FairyCreek #bcpoli
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