On Wet’suwet’en territory, the Gidimt’en clan has set up new blockades to prevent Coastal GasLink from drilling on Indigenous land to build their pipeline. Earlier this week, Canadian police arrested protesters at the Beaver Dam blockade. This is a federal officer confronting an activist who had locked themselves to a bus.
Federal officer 1: “Using pain compliance.”
Land defender: “Serve and protect.”
Federal officer 1: “This can’t be comfortable for you, buddy.”
Federal officer 2: “You’ve put yourself and others in danger by being underneath a bus.”
Land defender: “Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!”
Federal officer 2: “Let go!”
Land defender: “Ow!”
Federal officer 2: “Let go!”
Land defender: “Ow! My leg!”
Police eventually called in Coastal GasLink workers to physically cut the protester out of the bus.