Among the means by which people took action included blocking access to the site of exploration and all the seismic testing equipment to be used by SWN Resources on the site. The community began mobilizing months ago; a blockade had been up for over three weeks. It changed last Thursday. The RCMP swooped in a community that HAS NEVER CEDED THEIR LAND VIA TREATY TO EITHER CANADA OR THE BRITISH CROWN, with multiple dozen armed officers coordinating an attack on an encampment of shocked and terrorized Mi’Kmaq people and their supporters. RCMP had stated against just such an act only the night before. After breaking the blockade up and arresting over 40 people– and then holding the obligatory press conference to smear those they had attacked– the RCMP discovered that as of Monday, October 21, 2013 *the injunction demanding the road to be evacuated was overturned* and tossed out.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:24:50 +0000
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