Statement Regarding the Haldimand Police Services Board

Last night we were made aware of a recent meeting conducted by the Haldimand Police Services Board, pressuring the OPP to increase their violent enforcement of an interim injunction placed on 1492 Land Back Lane.

Discussions from this meeting of the Haldimand Police Services Board are deeply troubling and alarming.

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The Board must be accountable for their words and actions which direct violence towards Skyler Williams, our camp, and entire community. Their statement is an attempt to direct police to take the most extreme enforcement tactics against our community.

Our resistance to unwanted and unjust development to our lands has been peaceful.

The board is violently racist, viewing Indigenous lives as barriers to corporate profit. Their statements amount to calls for police to target our community and Skyler Williams in particular which is a threat that is intolerable to our community.

We absolutely condemn the Police Services Board and demand the immediate resignation of Chair Bernie Corbett, Vice Chair Brian Haggith, and members Dan Lawrence and Kerry Boon.

We ask our supporters and allies to join this call for the resignation of the Board and to call for leadership to engage in a resolution to our dispute that is not led by police.

Please continue to support our legal defense fund. You can also send e-transfers and PayPal to [email protected] https://ca.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-1492-land-back-lane