one question...have the police or crown seen your video?
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Now there's a good question.
it seems to me that the video was taken and edited by the blockade participants and is what would be used against him. I could be wrong. If that is the best evidence to support "assault with a weapon" then the Crown would appear to be on very shaky ground with that. Given the blockade was illegal, I think the video is to Mr. Mckee's credit.
The blockade proponents are getting traction through social media using the preconceived assumption that the blockade is legitimate. Some members of the Tahltan perhaps do feel that way but in the eyes of the law it's not. If it was a legitimate restriction to protect some sort of exclusive use classification, only then could I see how Mr. Mckee's actions could be construed as an offence.
It's actually pretty interesting. It's kind of seems like the Province is yielding to the Tahltan's demands without codifying the ground rules.
So riddle me this, unofficially of course....The Fed has $50,000 of members money to dump on an injunction to remove an illegal barricade that should have been removed "gratis", courtesy of the Dease lk RCMP. But then can't lift a finger to help a resident hunter exercising his legal right to hunt in his home province, because it might cause controversy???
The Fed absolutely wasted 50k IMO and still made zero SN(Same Nation, they're no more Canadian than anyone else born here) friends.
Curious, how many resident hunters actually made use of the open road, after the Fed "saved the day". Even then, how many would risk their camps getting ransacked because the RCMP refuses to do the very job our tax dollars pay them to do?
Maybe if the Fed actually took a chance and stuck their neck out for a resident hunter, they might actually gain enough credibility to start recouping enough membership to make the wheels turn in this province.
My rant for the day...Clint
EXACTLY, and one of THE BEST commentaries on this disgrace I have ever read!
When, some time ago, I saw photos of the smug, grinning "Chief" Stuart Phillip, meeting with and dictating to senior execs. of the BCWF, I decided that the "Fed" has become a waste of time and energy.
The end of all of this will be violence, no question.
To Darksith: Yes , both the Police and Crown have seen both videos and that is what they are basing the charges on, along with the witness statements of course.
To Pemby: I am amazed that RTCC (Report to Crown Council) got thru charge approval-I agree, it stinks of politics!!!
Someone in the know better copy that video before it disappears..