braided warriors

Board Shorts — March 12, 2021

The Board voices support for Braided Warriors Indigenous youth after arrest Content warning: Mention of and link to video footage of police violence against Indigenous youth  Science faculty representative WeiChun Kua and at-large representative Balqees Jama presented an open letter to the SFSS board to hold RCMP accountable for their arrest of the Braided Warriors youth on February 19, 2021.  According to Kua, “They were protesting peacefully with sit-ins, doing their ceremony” when roughly 70 VPD officers removed and arrested the individuals. “Those who sustained medical injury were not given medical attention until after they were released from their holding.”…

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