From the Archives: When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police - The Tyee

[Editor’s note: More than a year after a police raid in northern British Columbia attracted international attention, tensions between Wet’suwet’en land defenders and the RCMP are rising once again in the area. This article was first published Jan. 17, 2019 but applies to today’s events, so we’re re-sharing it.] The use of heavily armed RCMP to enforce a court injunction and tear down an Indigenous blockade against TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline in northwestern British Columbia last week was part of a familiar pattern, say criminologists. ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SEL…