Police threaten to make arrests at Tyendinaga

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Police threaten to make arrests at Tyendinaga r1 RCMP have escalated their patrols and harassment despite telling media they are willing to stand down. ... Trudeau has claimed that all avenues for action have been exhausted despite refusing to meet any of the lawful and just demands of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who have made clear that they will not negotiate with "guns pointed at their heads".

While RCMP have temporarily vacated the remote detachment they set up at km 28, they have intensified patrols and harassment of supporters and maintain a 24 hour watch on the Healing Centre.

Tyendinaga Mohawks say they've been given midnight deadline to vacate their rail blockade and it is possible that the police will attempt to make arrests tonight.

Local groups are preparing to respond to a raid on Tyendinaga vowing to block the tracks in other locations if police raid the Mohawk blockade.

Over the weekend people took to the streets and politicians offices and new blockades went up in both Canada and the US. This movement is powerful and spreading and has shaken the powers that be.

Many upcoming actions are organized and are more important than ever as Trudeau appears to be gearing up to use force against indigenous people rather than meet the just and lawful demands of the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs. Tyendinaga Mohawk Leader, Kanenhariyo with the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Woos in Tyendinaga Don't believe the hype: RCMP are still in Wet'suwet'en Territory

Wet’suwet’en land was never ceded or surrendered and as such Canada’s actions amount to an illegal occupation in Wet’suwet’en territory.

Contrary to the announcement by the British Columbian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (BC RCMP) on February 20, 2020 that they are withdrawing from Wet’suwet’en territory, the BC RCMP and CIRG have in fact made illegal arrests, and have increased harassment, surveillance, and monitoring of Wet’suwet’en people and their invited guests.

The aerial footage of the Community Industry Safety Office (CISO) detachment at 29km on the Morice West Forest Service Road taken on February 21st, 2020, shows that RCMP are not taking any action to dismantle the camp. All of their infrastructure is still in place and they can easily return to illegally reoccupy our unceded land.

Moreover, they are actively continuing illegal patrols and traffic stops on Wet’suwet’en territory. A total of eight RCMP “patrols” happened yesterday throughout the Yintah. They patrol our territory at all hours. Two different supporter vehicles were pulled over and harassed two days ago, another vehicle was pulled over three days ago and an arrest was made four days prior. Two days ago two supporters were also nearly run off the road by an RCMP vehicle who the supporters did not hear calling their kilometers. While the supporters were still in the snow bank the RCMP vehicle drove away.

As I write this post, there is still an RCMP vehicle parked in Unist’ot’en Territory.

This video shows multiple instances of the RCMP’s constant campaign to surveil, harass and intimate Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders and our supporters. We are not safe when RCMP are in our unceded territory. Unjustified traffic stops is one of the strategies that RCMP uses for their surveillance, harassment, and intimidation campaign.

In the last RCMP incident captured in this video, at approximately 4:23 PM PST on February 21, 2020, two supporters were driving up the Morice West Forest service road and pulled over by RCMP. The RCMP officer, J. Taylor, turned on his light for the supporter vehicle to pull over, before they had even passed them. The RCMP asked for license and registration. He asked where the supporters were going, checked the driver’s information and then tried to escort them up the road for “safety” because the vehicle did not have a radio. The supporters declined.

The RCMP’s unlawful presence on Wet’suwet’en land is as strong as it has been since the raids began on February 6th, 2020. They have not withdrawn.

OUR DEMANDS:
-We demand that the remote detachment (Community Industry Safety Office) established by the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory without our consent be immediately removed and that the RCMP are completely removed from our territory and cease patrols from our lands. Out means out.
-We demand that all CGL activities cease within Wet’suwet’en territory while nation-to-nation talks are ongoing as pursuant to the eviction notice that was delivered to them on January 4th, 2020.
-We commit to entering into nation to nation discussions with Canada and BC once the above two demands are met.

The Mohawk people of Tyendinaga are standing in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people until our demands are met.

#RECONCILIATIONISDEAD #WETSUWETENSTRONG #UNISTOTEN
Supporter toolkit: http://unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit2020/

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