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A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments (breachmedia.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by Wren@lemmy.today to c/indy_news_canada@sh.itjust.works

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In the spring of 2024, as pro-Palestine encampments were still popping up at universities across the country, a student organizer named Kathy got a text she’d long feared: a notorious police unit was now operating on her campus at the University of British Columbia.

In a chat devoted to monitoring police activity, encampment participants left messages saying they had noticed vehicles with the name of the paramilitary Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) unit parked outside, and had seen its officers roaming university buildings.

“C-IRG actually were walking all over the campus, not just at the encampment,” recalled Lamya, another organizer. “They were also at this point entering the student union building, student classrooms, and stationed in them 24/7 with binoculars, staring into the camp.”

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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

I know quite a few of the Fairy Creek protestors, who were protecting the indigenous people's rights to the unceded land. Most of them came back with bruises, broken bones, severe trauma and criminal records for peaceful protest.

The RCMP even dressed in civilian clothes with their faces covered to harass the encampment at night, shaking and slicing open their tents. One of my friends who cooked for the camp had his whole knife set stolen. They refused to give them back, saying they were confiscated as "weapons."

When a judge condemned their actions and told them to stand down, they got a different judge.

ACAB all the way.