North Cowichan Cop Watch

Don’t really care about clear rules. Cops don’t follow rules anyway. Rules are created by a powerful few and enforced with state sanctioned violence. We want liberation and actual safety. An encampment is a stop gap-one small step above daily displacement. Shame on John Horn and his bylaw army.

BC government faces legal challenge as national news media promote forced abstinence Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...

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“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”

#bcpoli

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Donate to Support Ditidaht carver Linda Williams after RCMP assault, organized by Kaleb Morrison I am a friend of Linda Williams and am creating this fundrais… Kaleb Morrison needs your support for Support Ditidaht carver Linda Williams after RCMP assault

Support needed for Linda Williams, sister of John T Williams who was shot by Seattle PD in 2010. Linda was assaulted on the side of the highway. She is working night shifts to pay bills. Community needs to step up when acts of state violence like this occur.

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Ban these businesses who support Aaron Gunn North Island - Powell River Associated Tire Roset Lanyon Spinners Sports Liberty Taxes Alert Bay Pizza Shadetree Upholstery Simba Development 49 North Heliopters Coastal Black Windery Steveston Beef Farm Andrew Rice - Remax Campbell River Skydive Center Serengeti Fishing Charters Campbell River Hyundai TAP Bookkeeping Coastal Black Fitness Etc. Lois Lumber Modern Windows We will not be complicit. #dropthegunn

Gunn is a Canadian trying incredibly hard to be a MAGA American. He was part of BC Proud, which brought MAGA style politicking to BC. He can not be allowed into government.

Liu said she was told the slides about Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic” while the USAID section might be perceived as “anti governmental.”

Duncan rally demands province be tough on offenders: Will it help? – The Discourse. Tensions at a Duncan rally flare over how to best address crime and substance use, while still supporting marginalized people.

So glad to finally see these stories getting out. Hate crimes against unhoused peeps in Cowichan is absolutely bananas right now and ludicrous that media has just covered the “safety issues” of local right wing Tesla driving fear mongering white men. thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...

How the UCP covered up police violence against the U of C Palestine encampment The Orchard has obtained hundreds of pages of correspondence from the university's executive leadership team, campus security, Calgary police and the provincial government. Part II of II.

Think back to every suspicious ASIRT investigation of police brutality over the years.

What were your worst instincts about them?

Turns out, those may have been right.
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Centrists 👇🏾🙃

Duncan and North Cowichan overdose response calls rose in 2024 – The Discourse. Overdose response calls are falling province-wide, while Duncan and North Cowichan see local increases last year.

Province ends take-home safer supply program as Cowichan sees uptick in overdose response calls

B.C. government announces steps to tighten 'safe supply' program Witness model for use of safe supply to come into effect immediately

Moving to a witness-only safe supply program in BC is a mistake. This is essentially how methadone is dispensed and amounts to a huge, well-documented barrier that keeps thousands from accessing life-saving meds. BC will have still more corpses www.theprogress.com/news/bc-gove...

Public safety rally held after store robbery and beating in Duncan More than 50 people rallied in Duncan and called for improved public safety following a recent store robbery and assault.

Individuals and groups use unfortunate incidents like these to push for carceral “solutions”. Yesterday’s rally in Duncan turned immediately to involuntary “care”. Chek news picked up on our critique of this narrative.
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I just helped revive someone in downtown Calgary. I saw people walking by a man lying flat on his back so I went to check and sure enough he wasn’t breathing so I started to shake him and his friend returned we took turns pumping his chest until he started breathing. My point is don’t just walk by.

No Evidence of Steady ‘Flow’ of Fentanyl into the US | The Tyee Experts say Trump is using overdose deaths for political gain.

“It’s not really about the drug itself. It very rarely is. It’s much more about the expansion and militarization of police power and it’s most often used as a form of control or social regulation.”
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Removal of Dr. Wilder from her Island Health harm reduction role is disgraceful. It reflects BC’s approach to the forever crisis. Care Not Cops, Risebridge, Stop the Sweeps, Unhoused Solidarity Collective Okanagan, North Cowichan Cop Watch, Moms Stop the Harm & other groups call out bad politics polluting the healthcare system

Removal of Dr. Wilder from her Island Health harm reduction role is disgraceful. It reflects BC’s approach to the forever crisis

www.policeoversight.ca/p/removal-of... #drugsky

First Block Meeting last night. Good people, dire COLD times. Institutions continue to target people w/ nowhere to go & break down safety systems that communities create to survive. Cops n bylaw dismantle shelters, VIHA messes with OPS...not enuf space for the words of frustration

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The most common call type the helicopter responds to is wellness check.

YouTube video by Haymarket Books Charity, Control, or Solidarity? Reclaiming "Care" as Revolutionary Praxis

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Charity, Control, or Solidarity?

Imprisoned abolitionist Stevie Wilson and Dr. Joy James discuss what care is, how we avoid a version based on exploitation or infantilization, & how we ensure it's rooted in revolutionary praxis.

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Solidarity Against State Repression on Monday 10th February 2025 at 6 pm. Join us for a skill share on strengthening solidarity against repression: what to do when cops or csis come knocking, supporting arrested or jailed comrades; movement defense and our positionalities; crossing borders, protecting ourselves against surveillance + more. Solidarity is stronger than fear!

In past few weeks & months, dozens of comrades been arrested, homes raided, cops knocking at their doors, or denied at border.

With state surveillance & repression intended to intimidate & isolate, come to a movement skill share

IRL on Feb 10, limited spots: www.weavingourworlds.ca/category/eve...

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