US EditionJudge rules RCMP remarks racist, but B.C. pipeline protesters’ convictions will stand
- A B.C. Supreme Court judge found that members of the RCMP made grossly offensive, racist, and dehumanizing remarks about Indigenous women arrested during a 2021 pipeline blockade, as stated by Justice Michael Tammen.
- The judge ruled that while the misconduct did not warrant a stay of proceedings, the convicted women will receive a sentence reduction as an appropriate remedy.
- The recorded remarks included police laughing and comparing the women to 'orcs' from The Lord of the Rings, which violated the Charter rights of the protesters.
- The case is scheduled to return to court on April 3 to set a sentencing date, following the January convictions for criminal contempt.
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