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RCMP special detachment focuses on enforcement of injunctions

In British Columbia, the RCMP has a special detachment called the Community-Industry Response Group, set up to enforce injunctions and arrest land defenders blocking access to resource extraction companies. Molly Murphy is a BIPOC activist and journalist who's experienced first-hand the violence of the RCMP at Fairy Creek. She explains what she's found out about the background, training and tactics of the C-IRG.
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29 Jan 2022

In British Columbia, the RCMP has a special detachment called the Community-Industry Response Group, set up to enforce injunctions and arrest land defenders blocking access to resource extraction companies. Molly Murphy is a BIPOC activist and journalist who’s experienced first-hand the violence of the RCMP at Fairy Creek. She explains what she’s found out about the background, training and tactics of the C-IRG.
In British Columbia, the RCMP has a special detachment called the Community-Industry Response Group, set up to enforce injunctions and arrest land defenders blocking access to resource extraction companies. Molly Murphy is a BIPOC activist and journalist who's experienced first-hand the violence of the RCMP at Fairy Creek. She explains what she's found out about the background, training and tactics of the C-IRG.