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19 Nov, 3 tweets, 1 min read
"CONTENT WARNING: POLICE VIOLENCE.

Violent RCMP Raid on Unarmed Gidimt'en Checkpoint

#AllOutForWedzinKwa
On November 18th, dozens of heavily armed RCMP officers raided the Gidimt'en Checkpoint at the 44 km marker on the Morice Forest Service Road.
Wet'suwet'en land defenders and their supporters have been controlling access to this road to stop Coastal Gaslink from drilling under Wedzin Kwa, their sacred headwaters.

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23 Nov
After a long day in court 10 Land Defenders and supporters arrested on Gidimt’en territory, including Sleydo’ and Jocelyn, remain in custody in so-called Prince George.
Court has been adjourned and will resume at 9am tomorrow. ImageImageImageImage
Cody Merriman was released with conditions to reappear in court on Feb 14th, and to not return to the RCMP/CGL "exclusion area" except to travel through it to his residence.
Faced with this colonial conditional release, the decision was made to sign in order to take care of he and Sleydo's young children - and not in recognition of any wrong doing.
Read 6 tweets
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22 Nov
Media contact: Jennifer Wickham, 778-210-0067, yintahaccess@gmail.com
Gidimt’en Checkpoint Media Coordinator

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 22, 2021

ARRESTED LAND DEFENDERS APPEAR IN COURT TODAY;
GIDIMT’EN CONDEMNS UNREASONABLE AND PUNITIVE CONDITIONS OF RELEASE Image
WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY, SMITHERS, BC: Twenty people who were arrested in a two-day violent raid on Wet’suwet’en territory are appearing at BC Supreme Court in Prince George today at 11 am.
Those arrested include Gidimt’en Checkpoint spokesperson Sleydo’ and Dinï ze’ Woos’s daughter Jocelyn Alec, as well as two journalists.

Those arrested are all facing charges of civil contempt for breaching the terms of a BC Supreme Court injunction granted to Coastal GasLink.
Read 16 tweets
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22 Nov
CODY MERRIMAN (Haida nation) ARRESTED

On the morning of November 19, heavily armed RCMP officers conducted an invasion on Coyote Camp, where Gitimdt’en spokesperson Sleydo was arrested. (1/4)

#ShutDownCanada #WetsuwetenStrong #AllOutForWedzinKwa Image
Shortly before 3pm, a large caravan of RCMP agents and multiple k9 units returned from Coyote Camp and arrested Sleydo’s husband, Cody, who was documenting the illegal entry of the RCMP on Woos’ Territory from the side of the road.

(2/4)
Inspector Ken Floyd, of the RCMP E Division, claimed that Merriman was blockading the roadway and preventing Coast GasLink from conducting their operations, therefore in breach of the BC Supreme Court injunction.

(3/4)
Read 6 tweets
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21 Nov
WARRIOR SISTER
Drill Site Pad Coyote Camp CAS YIKH Territory

November 19th 2021

Dini ze’ Woos’ daughter Jocelyn (Jocey) Alec was staying in the cabin on the drill site pad for over a month before RCMP invaded and ripped her from her fathers territory.

(THREAD 1/10) ImageImage
She held her ground for as long as she could while two sniper RCMP pointed their guns at her. She still stood her ground.

“My Warrior Sister I have never been more proud of you the bravery you demonstrated in the face of guns pointed at you...

(2/10)
...You didn’t run when word of a convoy of 35+ heavily militarized RCMP, heavy machinery, police vans, K9-units, snipers, tactical teams, helicopters on their way to Coyote Camp and you knew they were coming for you…

(3/10)
Read 10 tweets
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17 Nov
URGENT UPDATE - Dozens of RCMP have deployed onto Wet'suwet'en territory

A charter plane full of RCMP have landed at the Smithers airport, with between 30 and 50 officers equipped with camo duffel bags.

(THREAD)
Police loaded onto two buses and unmarked, rental pick-up trucks and headed out towards the yintah. An RCMP helicopter is reported to be heading to the area.

Throughout today, helicopters have circled over our camps, conducting low, deliberate flights for surveillance.
The road into our yintah remains blocked by RCMP at 28km, with hereditary chiefs, food, and medical supplies being turned away.
Read 5 tweets
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17 Nov
1/UPDATE - RCMP Are Blocking Food And Medical Supplies From Wet'suwet'en Homes

The RCMP are openly violating the human rights of the Wet'suwet'en people again.

(THREAD)

#RCMPofftheYintah
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
#WetsuwetenStrong
2/Today, the driver of a vehicle carrying food and medical supplies was blocked by an arbitrary illegal police exclusion zone and threatened with arrest.
3/There are multiple Wet'suwet'en home sites beyond the police road block and many permanent full time Wet'suwet'en residents on the territory, including elders, children, and chiefs.
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