| Feb 27, 2011 A volatile & eventful protest which saw Caledonia residents & CANACE refuse to back down from a hostile & at times violent crowd outnumbering them 30:1, a woman trying to set up Mark Vandermaas for a bogus assault charge, a group of anarchists tresspassing on private property & then complalining when an agent for said property attempted to remove one of them, at least 2 people including Six Nations "Men's Fire" member Bev Crawford assault Caledonia Victims Project founder Mark Vandermaas, another supporter of lawlessness assaulting CANACE Co-Founder Jeff Parkinson, countless failed attempts at intimidation of Non Natives, Ruby Montour showing her true stripes, the Ontario Provincial Police walking away from the scene, & without question one of the most intense rallies that CANACE has ever seen. When Crawford attacked Vandermaas, plain clothes OPP officers wrestled him away but refused to place him under arrest. Despite a formal complaint by Mark Vandermaas to the then commander of the Haldimand OPP, no charges were ever filed for this assault. As of the time of publishing, Bev Crawford stands charged with assaulting Jeff Parkinson at a subsequent rally. A charge which the OPP refused to lay and that Parkinson had to go to court to lay privately. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty. This one is long so that you too can experience the tension in the air and see the environment that we have to function in while trying to bring about an end to race based ... |