The first sound was a snowmobile, somewhere in the distance.
Then, with no warning, a dozen RCMP vehicles, including prisoner vans and RCMP-branded Suburbans, roared out of the pre-dawn darkness and stopped just short of the watch camp where Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been resisting a court-ordered evacuation of their lands to make way for a pipeline.
Backed up by tactical officers, dog teams, and drones with infrared sensors, dozens of RCMP officers began raiding Wet’suwet’en land defender camps shortly before 5 a.m.
Led by one officer bellowing “Police! Stay Calm!”, dozens of officers flooded into the watch camp.
One read a statement aloud saying that police were enforcing an injunction order and that anyone present had 10 minutes to gather their things and leave, or be arrested and charged with obstruction of justice.
At least six land defenders have so far been arrested, several being dragged away in handcuffs.
Police smashed the window of a truck and dragged out a woman who was naked and had locked herself inside.
One RCMP officer repeatedly threatened a VICE reporter and another journalist with arrest, ordering them out of the camp while they conducted arrests.
Police also attempted to prevent journalists from photographing or filming members of the tactical enforcement teams, the green-clad militarized units which stormed the Gidimt’en barricades a year ago under the supervision of “lethal overwatch.”
VICE saw multiple members of the same unit at the watch camp, armed with what appeared to be sniper and assault rifles.
“Shame on the RCMP! Shame on the colonizer!” land defenders screamed as they were dragged away.
As arrests carried on, RCMP ordered journalists farther and farther away from the scene, apparently in response to orders directly from the tactical enforcement team officers.
A man breaks into your house wanting to destroy it for a pipeline. You tell him to leave. “Let’s negotiate,” he says. You tell him it’s not up for negotiation. He sics the cops on you and tells the news this isn’t the outcome he wanted. Do you accept this?
The RCMP are nothing but terrorist pigs for hire by colonial corporations.
☃️❄️Sundance was as snowy and fun as this photo shoot foreshadowed❄️☃️ Thank you so much Variety, Chris Willman, and Shirley Halperin for this cover/interview and Mary Ellen Matthews for taking these pics. Can’t wait for Jan 31 when Miss Americana comes out on Netflix!
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