STORY about Indigenous posted on October 21, 2009 by stimulator
The JIG is up! Gord Hill Threatened with Rendition by Olympic Cops
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October 20, 2009
Occupied Coast Salish Territory
Yo Weeksus,
I, Gord Hill, am proud to announce yet another encounter with the Olympic police as a result of my 'controversial' statement to CBC News and my views on sabotage. This evening (Tuesday, October 20, 2009), at around 9:30 PM, I was approached by plainclothes officers of the Incredibly Stupid Unit (Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit). I can now confirm that they are, in fact, incredibly stupid.
I was walking westbound on Pender to Columbia Street in the Downtown Eastside, when I saw two males loitering around the corner. One look at their sad faces told me they were pigs. As I waited for the light at the crosswalk (jaywalking being illegal...) they approached me, with one flashing his badge and announcing he was an RCMP officer with 'JIG' (Joint Intelligence Group). He said he wanted a couple of minutes to talk to me and I said no. I crossed the street & began walking north on Columbia to Hastings, with the RCMP agent walking alongside me, the other cop, who said not a word, to our right rear (about 4 feet behind).
The RCMP agent walking with me, a white male in his 50s, maintained a rambling monologue about how my statements to CBC on Oct 13 (the power lines scenario) had hurt a lot of people, about how some of his friends were aboriginals, that he sympathized with my cause about helping the homeless, etc. He told me that from this day until the Olympics, every time I looked over my right shoulder he would be there.
What was most interesting were his comments regarding my attempted entry into the United Snakes of Amerikkka on Oct 17; the RCMP agent told me that because of my statement to CBC I would never again be allowed entry into the US, that their national security would arrest me and put me in a far, far away place, so far away it would be beyond my mind (or something along those lines).
I take this as implying the practise of rendition, where prisoners in US custody (including Canadian citizens) have been transferred to other countries and tortured (i.e., Mahar Arar). It seems odd for an RCMP agent to be delivering such a threat on behalf of another country's security apparattus (but that's how the pigs roll these days, I guess).
As we turned onto Hastings the cop continued his rambling. When we approached a group of Natives I announced that the men walking with me were Olympic cops who were harassing me because I defend the land and the people. The cops immediately stopped and two more plainclothes officers approached from behind (total: four cops). One of the Native women started yelling at the cops, telling them I had the right to an opinion. The cops withdrew & began walking eastbound on Hastings.
As usual, I played it cool, because I believe in the old saying “Love your enemy, for they are the instruments of your destiny.” And like I give a fuck about going to Babylon...
Resist the Olympic Police State!
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Gilakasla!
Gord Hill, Kwakwak'wakw
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Comments
a trick for your next encounter
Hello Gord and I'm glad you kept your cool. I like your old saying and plan on making it one of mine too. I suggest that you should start carrying a audio recorder or a camera with you so that you can take photos of the men. Intimidation can go both ways. Besides ti would add a nice visual or audio element to your next media post.
gord hill fuckn eh, hey. them
gord hill
fuckn eh, hey. them cops are always fuckn pokin around. it's like the commies are itching to be ass holes. free speech, you hear so much about it but you never get to read or hear it. just the stuff that 'they' want you to hear and read. like a circus. the animals wave to the crowd, but don't look behind the curtains that they live.
fuckn cops and their gestapo shit. everyone get cameras and mike up before going out and sharing your concerns about what the olympics are really for.
peace and love