Thursday, March 27, 2008

Canada: Police planned violent attack on Native blockade

Police were poised to crack down on native protest, documents show; OPP were prepared to move in, even on children, protester says.

Teams of heavily armed police were poised to crack down on native demonstrators who erected blockades during a day of protest in eastern Ontario in June, CBC News has learned.

CBC's The Current obtained a series of notes handwritten by Ontario Provincial Police officers that describe how Commissioner Julian Fantino planned a morning raid of the blockades set up overnight on June 28 on Highway 401, Highway 2 and a CN Rail line in the Kingston area.

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