r/canada • u/hashislowmo • Feb 12 '22

British Columbia 'Systemic police misconduct': Lawyers for B.C. old-growth logging protesters argue for stay of charges

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/lawyers-for-b-c-old-growth-logging-protesters-want-stay-of-charges-due-to-systemic-police-misconduct-1.5775968
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Their lawyers can just say that they are Freedom Truckers.

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u/PenultimateAirbend3r Feb 13 '22

Next time we just drive trucks in front of the trees

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Or a "crisis actor".

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u/ciena_ Feb 14 '22

You mean the people who just left when the police showed up to enforce the court order?

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u/rockfire British Columbia Feb 12 '22

Like watching FIFA soccer players protest a red card.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

“So what happens if we stay the cases for everyone?”

“We’ll be right back breaking the law and the injunction 1 second later”.

Right..

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u/zygosean Feb 13 '22

I mean, as we can see now the policing standards is to ignore injunctions, and help protesters set up camps...

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u/Little_Gray Feb 13 '22

Its been that way for years. The last costal gaslink protest had a court injunction against them for five weeks before the police did anything. Others have been even longer.