Category Archives: State Security Forces
RCMP were afraid to let officers testify at inquest of Nunavut man shot by police
Felix Taqqaugaq, 30, was shot by police 3 times at his home in Igloolik in 2012
By Nick Murray, CBC News, November 2, 2016
New details emerged into how a 30-year-old man was shot by RCMP at his own home as a coroner’s inquest got underway in Igloolik, Nunavut, Tuesday — including the fact the RCMP was afraid to let its officers testify in person. Read the rest of this entry
North Dakota pipeline activists say arrested protesters were kept in dog kennels
Demonstrators stand next to burning tires as armed soldiers and law enforcement officers assemble nearby. (Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune)
by Sandy Tolan, Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2016
After a night of chaotic clashes with police on the front lines in a months-long protest, Native American activists complained about the force wielded to drive protesters from the path of a pipeline they contend will desecrate tribal lands and put their lone source of drinking water at risk. Read the rest of this entry
#NoDAPL: Riot Police Raid Sacred Ground Camp
Police armed with a less-lethal launcher during raid on camp, Oct 27, 2016.
by Ancestral Pride, October 30, 2016
On the morning of October 27th 2016, Frontline Camp – Sacred Ground Camp was raided by the militarized police forces. During a 12 hour stand off with over 300 police the camp was bulldozed and over 100 people arrested, including elders, and people in sweat ceremony. Read the rest of this entry
North Dakota: Questions raised as protest policing takes proactive approach
by CAROLINE GRUESKIN, Bismarck Tribune, October 15, 2016
As pipeline protests continue, law enforcement has stepped up its message, saying more forcefully that it is going to take a hard line.
This week, officials labeled a 200-plus protest in rural St. Anthony a riot. The week before, they announced a new “proactive” approach to policing the protests with more officers and new roadblocks meant to stop the demonstrations before they happen.
Winnipeg cops join Bear Clan on patrol in city’s North End
Bear Clan Patrol co-founder James Favel and Winnipeg Police Cst. Jeff Boehm.
‘It’s a big deal, having a collaborative effort like this,’ Bear Clan Patrol co-founder says
CBC News, October 12, 2016
Winnipeg police put boots on the ground along with the Bear Clan in the North End Wednesday night.
Four officers from the Winnipeg Police Service joined the community patrol, which has been walking North End streets on its own since 2015. Read the rest of this entry
Former Atikamekw police chief gets 6 years for sexual assault
Jean-Paul Néashish was found guilty of a series of sexual assault charges in December. (ICI Radio-Canada)
Jean-Paul Néashish is guilty of sexual assault of five women, including three who were under 14
By Marika Wheeler, CBC News, October 11, 2016
The former police chief of an Atikamekw community northwest of Quebec City was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for sexually assaulting five women over a 40-year period. Read the rest of this entry
The Surveillance State Descends on the Dakota Access Pipeline Spirit Camp
An MRAP and police vehicles block a road in Morton County, North Dakota.
In an effort to intimidate indigenous people protesting an oil pipeline, North Dakota has militarized its response.
By Sabrina King and Will Munger, ACLU, October 10, 2016
For the past six months, at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers, history has been made at one of the largest international gatherings of indigenous people in recent history. Representatives from well over 100 indigenous nations and thousands of people have camped, prayed, and taken action in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on and near the tribe’s sovereign land in North Dakota.
Deputies from other states may be called to Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Sheriffs from various departments answer questions at a press conference, Oct 6, 2016.
by CAROLINE GRUESKIN, Bismarck Tribune, October 6, 2016
In a move a prominent U.S. sheriff called unprecedented in his experience, deputies from across the country may come to North Dakota to respond to the pipeline protests.
Laramie County (Wyo.) Sheriff Danny Glick, immediate past president of the National Sheriffs’ Association, pledged the support of sheriffs across the country to help Morton County at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Read the rest of this entry
Tahltan protection camp threatened by police eviction
RCMP serve enforcement orders to Klabona Keepers Wildlife Management Camp, Oct 5, 2016. Photo: Klabona Keepers.
by Klabona Keepers, October 5, 2016
“During the residential schools, they took the children away from the land. Now, they take the land away from the children”
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On Wednesday Oct 5th, 2016, the RCMP arrived at the Wildlife Management Camp at Ealue Lake Road and served us a court order. The WM camp is set up to restrict residential hunting of moose, caribou and bears because of the low numbers.
Cops and cameras: What are your rights?
Brad Firth, better known as ‘Caribou Legs,’ is running across Canada to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. An altercation with a police officer outside of Montreal has prompted discussion online after the police officer covered Firth’s camera. (supplied/Caribou Legs)
‘Caribou Legs’ was stopped from filming an RCMP officer outside Montreal
By Mark Rendell, CBC News, September 16, 2016
Two incidents in the past week involving cops, cameras and Northerners have raised the question: when are people allowed to film police at work? Read the rest of this entry
