A T’Sou-ke woman on trial for obstructing Victoria police officers trying to arrest another person believed to have thrown water on the chief of police told court Monday she is representing not just herself, but other Indigenous people who will come after her.
A description of the suspect as an Indigenous woman wearing a cast was broadcast to officers at the legislature. Video played for the court showed a chaotic scene after police approached the group and attempted to arrest the woman wearing a cast. The video showed Lapierre grabbing the arm of one woman, in a move he called an “arm lock,” to remove her from the group and get to the woman in the middle. People in the group can be heard in the video screaming for help and yelling that the officers are attacking them.
“I am of this land,” she said. “These are my homelands. This name derives its meaning, its purpose and its history from these lands.”
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