CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The RCMP responded to allegations of police misconduct raised by Fairy Creek protesters at an Aug.13 press conference and in subsequent posts to social media.
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CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
There have been more arrests and more allegations of police brutality, as protesters continue to resist RCMP enforcement of a BC Supreme Court injunction order in the Fairy Creek Watershed.
Continue reading Arrests continue at Fairy Creek, allegations of police violence surface onlineCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, with contributions by Roy L Hales
Representatives from a Victoria group of seniors called Elders for Ancient Trees held a press conference Friday to discuss ongoing RCMP disregard for a BC Supreme Court ruling, which reiterated that the police have no authority to obstruct lawful access to the Fairy Creek blockade area.
Continue reading Concerns mount about democracy infringement by police at Fairy Creek blockadesCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, with contributions by Anastasia Avvakumova.
RCMP attempts to enforce the court injunction against logging protests at Fairy Creek ramped up on Aug 9.
In a press release issued later that day, the RCMP confirmed there were 33 arrests. There were another 23 more on Tuesday, Aug. 10 and 17 on Wednesday, Aug.11. The total number of arrests since the police action began last summer, was cited in the latter press release as 597.
Continue reading RCMP overrun the Fairy Creek logging blockades, arrest dozens of protestersCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter – Using interviews, video footage and written accounts, CKTZ News has drawn up a Fairy Creek chronology.
“Vancouver was once covered in trees that had the girth of a good third of my house. Those forests are gone,” Rainforest Flying Squad spokesperson Carol Tootill told CKTZ News.
Continue reading From the mouths of the defenders: A Fairy Creek chronology
