Defund, Disarm, Dismantle & #AbolishVPD

The police can't be reformed, they must be abolished. The compromise, 1 step forward, is defunding. From @defund604:

[Defund, Disarm, Dismantle & #AbolishVPD @DefundVPD]

Go follow the official account for Vancouver's Defund604 Network @defund604, and spread the word!

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

2:20 pm 15 supporters have been arrested, all for breaches of the injunction. No criminal arrests. They will be brought to Smithers for bail hearings tomorrow.

#AllOutForWedzinKwa

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

Wide ranging police arrests happening, including legal observers & at least one media.

This is THIRD highly militarized police raid on Wet'suwet'en yintah.

From Fairy Creek to TMX resistance to Wet'suwet'en - BC NDP continues to trample on Indigenous rights & climate justice.

[Gary Kinsman @GaryWKinsman]

This is why S.25 of the criminal code must be changed and the police abolished!

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

Here in #BC, even as floods + fires ravage these beautiful lands, the NDP and Lib govs wage war on the only true leaders we have: the Indigenous land defenders determined to stop the gas and oil pipelines that will pour fuel on these fires. Read @kainagata https://t.co/Nx6de1MmfF

[CBC Pitchbot (Satire) @CBCPitchbot]

Josh Horgan says BC cannot fight climate change any faster as the government is currently preoccupied arresting Wet'suwet'en elders on their own land

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

As busloads of RCMP move towards Coyote Camp, roadblocks are being fortified at 63km on Cas Yikh territory. We will not back down.

The time to take action in defense of Wet'suwet'en lands and waters is NOW. It's time to #ShutDownCanada

#AllOutForWedzinKwa

Photos: @m_tol

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

1:11pm, Nov 18 2021: During a State of Emergency we are seeing another 21 @BCRCMP landing in Smithers BC to criminalize Wet'suwet'en people on their own lands.
#AllOutForWedzinKwa #AllEyesOnWetsuweten

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

12:48pm, Nov 18, 2021: Approximately 11-15 total arrrests made at 44KM on Gidimt'en territory, including 7 supporters, 3 Legal Observers, 2 elders, and at least one media person. #AllOutForWedzinKwa #WetsuwetenStrong #CGL #RCMPofftheYintah

[Likhts’amisyu (Fireweed) Clan @Likhtsamisyu]

More arrests are happening. The violent and racist CIRG came in with attack dogs.

[Critical Criminology @critcrim]

“Shut down Canada”—from a politics of appeal to a politics of disruption https://t.co/kxoITyd1S8

#shutdowncanada
#shutcanadadown

[#1492LandBackLane @1492LBL]

Our Spokesperson @landbackskyler was just arrested at @Gidimten

We demand his immediate release and all other land defenders arrested today

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

Also reports another charted flight landed in Smithers with at least 21 more RCMP all this during a State of Emergency in the province! I'm sure the resources could be better spent than criminalizing Wet'suwet'en people

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

Breaking: Arrests going down at Gidimt'en on Wet'suwet'en yintah.

In middle of climate emergency, Canada, BC, police & capitalist thieves are arresting Indigenous land defenders on their lands who are protecting the sacred.

ALL EYES ON WET'SUWET'EN.

#bcpoli #cdnpoli

[Likhts’amisyu (Fireweed) Clan @Likhtsamisyu]

When did it become a thing for the RCMP to deputize Pipeline workers to assist with arrests??

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

As of now, lawyer has confirmed 15 arrests so far. All for breach of injunction, no criminal charges.

Remember most arrests are happening through CIRG - arm of the RCMP specifically & *exclusively* geared towards protecting resource extraction 2 criminalizing land defenders.

[Defund, Disarm, Dismantle & #AbolishVPD @DefundVPD]

@defund604 Exciting! Looking forward to this :)

[Defund, Disarm, Dismantle & #AbolishVPD @DefundVPD]

👀 Mark your calendars!

[Defund 604 @defund604]

upcoming teach-in! on monday nov 29, 630 PM PST join members of the Alternatives to Wellness Checks group (part of @defund604) to learn about alternatives to police-based wellness checks, alternatives & what's happening in your community! livestreamed to https://t.co/pLA50spjQ1

[Justice For Soli @Justice4Soli]

“We stopped believing in the systems, altogether – though we never stopped believing in our fellow Canadians, or in justice being done.”

A searing account of the Faqiri family's painful journey for justice, spurred on by a mother who refuses to give up. https://t.co/BsEAOqX8bf