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Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/systematicracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systematicracism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Before I head out for the day -&gt;<br>Recommended <a href="https://beige.party/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> film.</p><p>Between 1952 and 1960, Britain fought a vicious war in Kenya against the anticolonial Mau Mau movement. It was an exceptionally bloody conflict, with atrocities committed on both sides. For decades, many of the worst abuses by British colonial forces were kept hidden. Piecing together survivor testimonies and expert analysis from British and Kenyan historians, this film tells a complete and detailed story for the first time of how Britain was involved in systemic torture – including accounts of murders, rapes and forced castrations.</p><p>A Very British Way of Torture is a film by Ed McGown and produced by Rob Newman.</p><p>Document archive is courtesy of the UK National Archives.</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K4sSGd2w_rk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=K4sSGd2w</span><span class="invisible">_rk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialViolence</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColonizers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AfricanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HumanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialExploitation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialAbuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialAbuses</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MauMau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MauMau</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Educational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Educational</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DocFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DocFilm</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/POCstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POCstories</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torture</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKhistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialAtrocities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialAtrocities</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> issued an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/apology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apology</span></a> on September 7, 2024, for the historic use of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StreetChecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetChecks</span></a> and other harmful interactions with members of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NovaScotian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotian</span></a> community. It was an apology too long in coming, for treatment that was, in the words of Rev. Lennett Anderson, “dehumanizing and tragic.” And the RCMP's history suggests we should be deeply skeptical that the proposed action plan will be even close to what is required to remedy these grave injustices.</p><p>In his 2019 report, written for the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> Commission, Dr. Scot Wortley defines street checks as any occasion in which civilians are stopped by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> and subjected to intrusive questions, and their personal information collected into a database. He confirmed what community members have known for years: people of African descent in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Halifax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halifax</span></a> region are almost six times more likely to face street checks.</p><p>It took five years after the release of this report for the RCMP to apologize for the harms caused. They also committed to an action plan, developed in consultation with members of 13 African Nova Scotian communities and the Association of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SocialWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWorkers</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mediacoop.ca/node/119259" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mediacoop.ca/node/119259</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NSpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DefundRCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundRCMP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialViolence</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacialProfiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfiling</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacistRCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistRCMP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacistCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistCops</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackCanadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCanadians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Maritimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maritimes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialInjustices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialInjustices</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/POCinCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POCinCanada</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Free</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Decolonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonial</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Paper.</p><p>Building the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SettlerColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonial</span></a> Order: <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> (In)Actions in Response to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> Against <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousWomen</span></a> in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>Abstract:</p><p>In this article we focus on missing and murdered <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> women, girls, and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/2SLGBTQQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2SLGBTQQIA</span></a> people in Canada. We theorize narratives that police employ to respond to this violence. Using a broad data sample of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/testimonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimonies</span></a> across Canada, this article contributes to understanding how police (in)actions make sense of, justify, and dismiss violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. We draw from 48 in-depth semi-structured interviews with Indigenous peoples in Toronto and other Canadian cities and 219 testimonies from the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (NIMMIWG). The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a> finds that police repeatedly use similar frames (topics), styles (linguistic and behavioral strategies), and storylines (narratives) to respond to violence against Indigenous peoples. While framing Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people as deviants helps police make sense of and explain violence against them, the use of verbal and behavioral strategies (indifference, callousness, and lack of information) and storylines (“they were [insert pathologizing frame]” and “there’s nothing we can do”) allows police to dismiss and justify acts of violence. We argue that the frames, styles, and storylines employed by police perpetuate violence. Police (in)actions are fundamental to achieving settler <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>’s ideological and material dimensions.</p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08912432231171171" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/</span><span class="invisible">10.1177/08912432231171171</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCanada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeCanada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KKKanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKKanada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialViolence</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacistRCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistRCMP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TruthBeforeReconciliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthBeforeReconciliation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CanadianCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianCops</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MMIGW2S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIGW2S</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Countless <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a> had openly opposed the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWar</span></a>. As early as 1965, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee produced a statement that unequivocally lambasted the war, and said that no Black American should “fight in Vietnam for the white man's freedom, until all the Negro people are free in Mississippi."</p><p>Still, thanks to the draft's implicit <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacialBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialBias</span></a> , Black Americans disproportionately served in Vietnam. This is largely because then-college students — the majority of whom were white men — could defer enlistment. As such, the burden of enlistment fell more on non-college educated men, particularly non college-educated <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMen</span></a>. As a result, by 1967, 64 percent of all eligible Black American males had been drafted. Only 31 percent of eligible white men had.</p><p>Photo from Life Magazine archives.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlackAmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WhitePrivilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhitePrivilege</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KKKAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKKAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MilitaryDraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryDraft</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistUSA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopAllWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopAllWars</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WarIsHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarIsHell</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>I've told 6 different <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> cop detachments that the reason almost all citizens hate them is due to their ongoing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a>, zero protection for whistle-blowers, giving raises to worst of the worst police brass, not challenging their corrupt union leaders &amp; "just following orders" like fucking Hitler SS.</p><p>Don't defend fucking institutionalized cowards - with badges/guns - over defending innocent citizens killed/maimed by those same fucking cops/corporate mercenaries you tried to defend.</p><p>For those who care about 'good cops' - why the fuck are you not fighting, tooth n nail, for genuine public accountability &amp; protections for the very few brave enough to be <a href="https://beige.party/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WhistleBlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhistleBlowers</span></a>?!?!?</p><p>Why aren't more BC/Canadian citizens angry as heck over the fact our governments gave BILLIONS to RCMP/RCMP CIRG to break the law &amp; assault activists &amp; protect industry over humanity? Because of fucking corporate lobbyists powers. MONEY &amp; POWER - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Colonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonizers</span></a> bent on capitalism - never really change their selfish &amp; inhumane priorities/policies unless forced to.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ENDQualifiedImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ENDQualifiedImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AccountabilityNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccountabilityNOW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbololishPoliceUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbololishPoliceUnions</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonize</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>MEANWHILE IN BC: Racists get away with abusing BIPOC folks &amp; racist cops get mega raises. WTAF, BC?</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BigotBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigotBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> are trying to put pressure on sitting MLAs &amp; swamp them with pro policing budget increase letters.<br>RCMP are a bunch of fascist finance sucking fuckers.</p><p><a href="https://www.ourbcrcmp.ca/get_involved" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ourbcrcmp.ca/get_involved</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CriminalsWithBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalsWithBadges</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DefundRCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundRCMP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateMercenaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateMercenaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ConflictOfPublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfPublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@peachfront" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peachfront</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://queer.party/@laguiri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laguiri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freediverx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freediverx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@PJ_Evans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PJ_Evans</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@suqdiq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>suqdiq</span></a></span></p><p>Lame pivot to ad hominem instead of addressing the substantive issues I raised in this thread. </p><p>This is not about me. This is about allegations of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systematicRacism</span></a> (which is true), but this thread accuses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> of that kind of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> citing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilAssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilAssetForfeiture</span></a> as an example.</p><p>Instead of calling me ignorant, how about evaluating your own comprehension skills and then participating in useful discussion if you are capable?</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@suqdiq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>suqdiq</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@peachfront" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peachfront</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://queer.party/@laguiri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laguiri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freediverx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freediverx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@PJ_Evans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PJ_Evans</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Take 5k USD, go to a place where the cops hunt and see it happen to you. Heck this is the sort of thing youtubers could do</p><p>Did I deny that abuse happens? No.</p><p>I asked for evidence that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilAssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilAssetForfeiture</span></a> is used to perpetuate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a>. I questioned how seizing wealth of poorest people keeps abusive police departments afloat.</p><p>Nobody has shown the breakdown of $68B between black and non-black people cited above.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freediverx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freediverx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@peachfront" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peachfront</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://queer.party/@laguiri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laguiri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@PJ_Evans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PJ_Evans</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Because you’re not black.</p><p>The post to which I responded mentioned black, hispanic, or asian people as victims.</p><p>I am in one of those groups, and I can relate to the experience of the majority in that group just as well as a black person can relate to the experiences of majority of black people.</p><p>I am not questioning that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> exists.</p><p>I am questioning the narrative that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilAssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilAssetForfeiture</span></a> is used to perpetuate it.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@peachfront" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peachfront</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://queer.party/@laguiri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laguiri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freediverx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freediverx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@PJ_Evans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PJ_Evans</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; cops seized the cash &amp; even FEMA couldn't get it back... do that for a few decades, it starts to add up</p><p>I am not disagreeing that cops can and do abuse the system.</p><p>I am questioning the narrative that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilAssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilAssetForfeiture</span></a> is evidence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> and has been put in place to incentivize police to fund racist Police departments.</p><p>Sounds a lot like accusing LE going after terrorists and suicide bombers as going after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslims</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>The notion of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> being there to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ServeAndProtect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServeAndProtect</span></a> in times of need often does not apply to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> or other <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacializedMinorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacializedMinorities</span></a> in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. The notion of “help” more often resembles harm.</p><p>This leads to the question, why does <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a> against Indigenous and Black people continue to happen? Because it is a symptom of the structural <a href="https://beige.party/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> that exists within <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> society.</p><p>You can read article &amp; download the brief:<br><a href="https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/07/15/police-brutality-in-canada-a-symptom-of-structural-racism-and-colonial-violence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/0</span><span class="invisible">7/15/police-brutality-in-canada-a-symptom-of-structural-racism-and-colonial-violence/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RacializedViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacializedViolence</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CriminalCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalCops</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NoAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbolishPoliceUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPoliceUnions</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbolishRCMPCIRG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishRCMPCIRG</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialViolence</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Injustices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injustices</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CopsAreCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopsAreCriminals</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MMIWG2S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIWG2S</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ActivistArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> by fellow <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landback</span></a> activist friend.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ArtThatSpeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtThatSpeaks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JusticeMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NativeBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FightForJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightForJustice</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DearWhitePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DearWhitePeople</span></a></p><p>Please develop <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/courage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courage</span></a> to have uncomfortable discussions with your fellow white peoples in your own family, your personal social circles, your workplaces &amp; your local <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> at large. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Discussions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discussions</span></a> about covert <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>, about if they can recognize <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a>, about what they know/think about settler <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>, what they think about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> &amp; what, if anything, they're doing to help towards <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ProgressiveChanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveChanges</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> communities.</p><p>THANKS</p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>Again, please see pinned posts with videos of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/antimasker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antimasker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> abusing our <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HealthSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthSafety</span></a> rights - in our own home. After refusing to leave for a strictly <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CardiacArrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CardiacArrest</span></a> 911 call. After being told to leave. After being told my Dad has <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> from abusive cops in past. After being told, this is a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WarSurvivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarSurvivors</span></a> family &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a> aren't welcomed unless absolutely necessary &amp; it wasn't necessary.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SaanichPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaanichPolice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YYJ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>Members of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Heiltsuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heiltsuk</span></a> Nation in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BellaBella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellaBella</span></a> are calling for immediate suspension &amp; removal of an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> officer stationed in the remote coastal community for reportedly making <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> comments on social media.</p><p>One screenshot shows the officer posing in front of the Union Jack in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> regalia with the comment, “Now, whats to be done about these pesky <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/natives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natives</span></a> stirring up trouble in the colonies…?”</p><p><a href="https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/heiltsuk-nation-demands-removal-of-bella-bella-rcmp-officer-7364518" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nanaimobulletin.com/news/heilt</span><span class="invisible">suk-nation-demands-removal-of-bella-bella-rcmp-officer-7364518</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>..a bigger issue than whether <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Pickton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pickton</span></a> survives is the potential destruction of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a>.</p><p>“I act as legal counsel for 16 children of nine women who were killed by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RobertPickton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPickton</span></a>,” he said. “It’s in their interest to preserve the evidence seized by the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> on the Pickton farm to allow my clients to prove that Robert Pickton &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DavidPickton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidPickton</span></a> caused them to suffer loss.”</p><p><a href="https://www.cheknews.ca/search-for-truth-goes-on-regardless-of-killer-picktons-fate-say-victims-advocates-1205983/?amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cheknews.ca/search-for-truth-g</span><span class="invisible">oes-on-regardless-of-killer-picktons-fate-say-victims-advocates-1205983/?amp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SerialKiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SerialKiller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JusticeMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MMIWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIWG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BCLegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCLegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JusticeNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeNeeded</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>"Recently, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, for the fifth straight year, shunned the 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars, a team that overcame segregation, discrimination, violence, and blatantly biased officiating to become the first all-Black team in Canadian history to win a provincial title. The team was on the verge of a second championship in 1939 when the playoffs were canceled due to war."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KKKanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKKanada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RacismInCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacismInCanada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackCanadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCanadians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RacialDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialDiscrimination</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/advocates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advocates</span></a> gathered in downtown <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Halifax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halifax</span></a> Tuesday afternoon to call for an overhaul of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JusticeSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeSystem</span></a> to improve its treatment of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> &amp; to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/honour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>honour</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/memories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memories</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> people who <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/died" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>died</span></a> in provincial custody.<br>The crowd marched from the Peace &amp; Friendship Park to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HalifaxCentralLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HalifaxCentralLibrary</span></a> holding signs that read "Real Justice Doesn't Kill People" &amp; "Say Their Names."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6868134" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.6868134</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mikmaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mikmaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AnnapolisValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnapolisValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>