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RCMP officers referred to First Nations pipeline opponents as "orcs" and "ogre" during a police raid at a blockade of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction in November 2021, according to audio recordings played in court Wednesday.

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[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"That big f--king ogre looking dude that is in those videos he is actually like autistic," an officer says in the clip.

"Then the f--king guys just beat the shit out of him and then he started crying. I felt bad for him, apparently the sergeant grabbed his balls and twisted, I guess. He was on the ground and everyone was just grabbing limbs. He didn't have a limb to grab so he just like grabs his balls like 'You done now? You done resisting?'"

RCMP needs to be disbanded. You can't reform garbage like this.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

RCMP needs to be disbanded. You can’t reform garbage like this.

The problem is they'll just use a different police force instead.

I imagine these officers won't receive the same punishment as the old ladies protesting in Fairy Creek.