Canada: Four Mohawks charged with assault on OPP

Today, four people appeared for remand court in Napanee to respond to charges in relation to confrontations with Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers on April 25, 2008, on Deseronto Road.

At approximately 1:45 pm yesterday, OPP officers arrested Shawn Brant on charges in relation to an assault that occurred on April 21, 2008. After the arrest, an OPP vehicle window was smashed and an officer assaulted. At 4:00 pm, suspects wanted in relation to protests that had occurred in Deseronto on April 21 and 22, 2008 attended the area of Deseronto Road, north of Bridge Street. Officers attempted to arrest suspects who resisted with the assistance of other persons.

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Canada: OPP surrounds Mohawks

URGENT CALL: FRIDAY APRIL 25TH 2008- MOHAWKS OF TYENDINAGA UNDER ONTARIO PROVINCIALPOLICE SIEGE - SHAWN BRANT ARRESTED ON FAKE WEAPONS CHARGES ON CULBERTSON TRACT - OPP CRUISERS AND VANS SURROUND – 20 DOWN BY TRAIN TRACTS ON DESERONTO ROAD AND BRIDGE ST.

MNN. At 2:45 pm. today, Friday, April 25th, 2008, Shawn Brant was arrested for an incident that happened on Monday on Slash Road. He was attacked by Deseronto citizens who were trying to run our blockades. He had no weapons whatsoever. The OPP are trying to make Shawn out to be the leader there. He is not.

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Massachusetts: Springfield Police to wear black uniforms to "inspire fear"

The city's new police commissioner, William Fitchet, says members of the department's Street Crime Unit will again don black, military-style uniforms as part of his strategy to deal with youth violence.

Fitchet's predecessor, Edward Flynn, had ditched the black attire as part of an effort to soften the image of the unit. Flynn left Springfield in January to become the police chief in Milwaukee.

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