Black Powder

Anti-Poverty Advocate | Cree Okihcihtâw & Land Defender | Activist Media: Photo/Video Journalist. Opinions/Tweets are my own.

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

Daughter of slain First Nation woman files human-rights complaint over PC ads opposing landfill search

https://t.co/xa3c6KjDee

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

This is how people are killed when police arrest them. Teyen Bohnsack, who is Native, was supporting the unhoused community encampment yesterday where police were enforcing a @CityofEdmonton injunction to dismantle homeless communities. VIOLENTLY arrested by @edmontonpolice This force is out of line.
This footage is just before he was tased several times. He was later released from jail with a badly injured knee. Tax payers, this is where your money is going to- violence & displacement against vulnerable communities.
(I did not record this footage, I had left just before this happened)

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

Turns out, I know Teyen. He is Blackfeet, a young Indigenous rights defender and land guardian. He wouldn’t hurt a soul. He was at @Gidimten teaching and learning off the land a couple summers ago

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

The family of a 15-year-old is speaking out alleging that they had a frightening run in with the #WinnipegPolice over the weekend. https://t.co/RXgfIqNo4E

[APTN News @APTNNews]

The band council ordered treatment plant workers out of the community about 180 km northwest of Winnipeg last week.

https://t.co/L1bvl6NyAa

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

Independent investigation underway into death of man under Winnipeg police custody https://t.co/puSUc7QaWr

[Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @WpgPoliceHarm]

Another amazing show of solidarity with the families of MMIWG2S+ fighting to #SearchForLandfill!

https://t.co/ewW00CA9dq

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

Round dance and march to happen at Portage and Main Thursday https://t.co/8AYqkLtYZW

[Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @WpgPoliceHarm]

WINNIPEG - There is a round dance and march happening TODAY at 2pm at Portage & Main in solidarity with the Harris and Myran families in their effort to #SearchTheLandfills!

Please come out and share if you can!

[Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @WpgPoliceHarm]

Despite their best attempts to hide it, the stands were almost completely empty for the opening ceremonies of the World Police and Fire "Games," meaning all the resources put into producing this spectacle were...just for the cops and their supporters. #CancelWPFG2023

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

World Police & Fire Games start with a protest in #Winnipeg

https://t.co/a9rv2arQyq

[Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @WpgPoliceHarm]

Video description: chants of “search the landfill, cancel the games” echo in the background as a crowd of police and their vehicles block an intersection outside the convention centre

[Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @WpgPoliceHarm]

So much coverage of last night's protest outside police HQ is focusing on the supposed "vandalism" of red paint and even use of "derogatory" language

This once again blames Indigenous people targeted by state/police violence for resisting their oppression! Shame on these outlets

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

It’s hard to believe there could be four bodies, killed by perhaps a serial killer, as possible evidence in a landfill, and the authorities are blocking anyone going in to look for them. Is this a Native thing?

[Dennis Ward @DennisWardNews]

“Racism is alive and well in Winnipeg, Manitoba. If that were the mayor’s or even the Manitoba Premier’s mother, sister, or grandmother, they would immediately search and not stop until they got closure.” - @fsinations

[Aaron Pettman @AaronPettman]

Access to Vancouver Transfer Station (dump) nr Marine Dr Stn. disrupted by Vancouver solidarity with Brady Landfill Winnipeg blockade, asking for search for remains of missing and murdered Indigenous women #mmiw #SearchTheLandfill #yvr #vancouverBC

[Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @WpgPoliceHarm]

All of these politicians are disgusting. Refusing to fund the landfill search is "politicizing" the situation. Every level of government should simply be stepping up with money, not playing jurisdictional chicken. #searchthelandfills

[Red Power Media @RedPowerMedia]

A warrior blocks a road that says Native Land at the entrance into the #bradylandfill #searchthelandfill

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

@RedPowerMedia is on the ground at the landfill and will remain.

[Black Powder @BlackPowder71]

Some media are no longer allowed into the #bradylandfill. The reasons very but safety of women and child are priority and for everyone at the blockade. Also the truth isn’t being told by some outlets. For now reporters with @APTNNews @ctvwinnipeg & @globalwinnipeg are welcome.