OPP slow to respond to ATTEMPTED MURDER in Caledonia

Oct 14, 2007

With all the OPP stationed in Caledonia you would think that when there is an Attempted Murder that occurs then the OPP would respond within a few minutes, but like everything else the OPP does in Caledonia it comes down to what is the politically correct thing to do.

In cases in Toronto when people willfully drive directly at people it is considered an Attempted Murder. In fact, in June of 2006 OPP issued arrest warrants after a Native Protester drove directly at an OPP officer.

Yesterday, Oct. 13, 2007, a Native Protester from Douglas Creek Estates (DCE) willfully drove directly at me (Gary McHale) which caused me to have to move out of the way. The driver was traveling south on Argyle St. (Hwy 6) at regular speed (80km) and suddenly turned towards me. He drove onto the shoulder of the highway and the tire marks reveal that I would have been hit if I had not moved out of the way. The vehicle drove on the shoulder for about 25 feet and then back onto the highway and continued south down Argyle St.

I then phoned the OPP and reported it. After about 25 minutes I attempted to flag down an OPP car but he refused to stop. I was in the middle of the south bound side of Argyle St. and the OPP car was North bound and he looked directly at me as I will flagging him to stop and he just passed by.

After waiting approx. 40 minutes after the first 911 call I phoned again to report the license plate and to tell them I was going to close down Argyle St. to protect the crime scene. I was informed that was illegal and I told the OPP they needed to get to the scene to review tire tracks.

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Finally, Ontario makes statement on HDI permits

Brantford ExpositorNow that the Ontario election is over, the Ontario government has finally made a definitive statement about the Haudenosaunee Development Institute’s (HDI) policy of setting permits and fees for developers within the Haldimand Tract of southern Ontario, through Murray Coolican principal representative for Ontario in land claims negotiations for Six Nations. I quote: “The HDI has no authority to stop development or charge development fees” and “consultation does not mean a veto over development.”

He further states that private property will not be part of a land claims settlement because “Ontario’s position is that private property owners have title to their properties.”

Statements by persons such as this must have approval from the political ladder’s top rung, which in Ontario is Premier Dalton McGuinty. Too bad the premier doesn’t have the wherewithal to step into the limelight and state it for himself. However, the step has been taken and a line has been drawn in the sand for the HDI. All private property owners in Ontario and especially within the Haldimand Tract should express their gratitude to the premier for this long-awaited statement. Even Brantford’s Mayor Mike Hancock welcomed Thursday’s provincial announcement.

The response to all of this from advocates of the HDI, who are clearly Confederacy controlled, was to occupy a construction development on Henry Street in Brantford; and for the Confederacy to declare that “Ontario has chosen … an attempt to incite violence.” (Edit: Break out the violins, and get ready to hear the extortionists talk about “genocide”)

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Six Nations seeks to shut down ‘lawless’ smoke shop operators

The Hamilton Spectator
(Oct 23, 2007)

The Six Nations elected band council is seeking an injunction against two smoke shops that have recently set up on band land without permission.

Elected Chief Dave General says the parcels of land off Highway 6 at 5th Line belong to the Six Nations community but are being used for personal profit by the smoke shop owners whom he describes as “lawless.”

“This is business activity occurring on community-owned land without any benefit to the Six Nations community,” said General.

The plots of farmland along Highway 6 were bought by the Six Nations band council in the early 1990s. The council has applied to have the lands added to the Six Nations reserve. But while the process drags on, the lands remain under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Provincial Police and Haldimand County.

General said the community-owned lands are a small fraction of the wider reserve and that most of them are leased for agriculture. Money collected by the band council is then redistributed through programs and services in the community, he said.

Their presence has raised concerns among Caledonia residents as well.

Doug Fleming recently started selling cigarettes out of the back of his pickup truck to protest what he describes as police inaction around the shops. He fears that others will see the brisk business the two shops are doing and decide to set up along the high-traffic route as well.

OPP spokesperson Dave Rektor said police are still investigating Fleming’s “antics.” He added he is not aware of the injunction and would not speculate on what the OPP would do if it is granted.

Jeff Henhawk, who also goes by the name Jeff Hawk, set up his shop on the Highway 6 land last spring and says he does not recognize the authority of the band council which he sees as an agent of the federal government.

He said he would not be swayed by an injunction.

“It would be no different to me than the Henning brothers’ injunction,” said Henhawk, who was involved in the early occupation of the former Douglas Creek development.

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Mohawk faces 12 years in jail for CN protest

Sue Collis accused the Canadian government of criminalizing her husband, Mohawk activist Shawn Brant, for his involvement in CN Railway blockades, in a talk she gave at McGill Thursday.

After spending two months in pre-trial custody, Brant faces nine charges, including six “mischief” charges from two blockades outside the Tyendinaga community near Kingston, Ontario, the second of which took place on the aboriginal National Day of Action on June 29.

“They want to make an example of him,” Collis said. “Shawn acted as a spokesperson for the community of Tyendinaga, and not only did he give a voice to the suffering that exists [in native communities], but he compelled Canadians to look with a new clarity…at the legacy of the Canadian government.”

When the trial begins in January 2009, the Crown prosecution will seek a minimum sentence of 12 years. Until then, Brant’s bail conditions include curfew, a ban on travel outside Ontario, and a ban from attending any protest. Along with two members of Tyendinaga, Brant is also the subject of a CN Rail lawsuit for damages from the rail stoppage.

On April 20, Tyendinaga community members blockaded the CN railway for 30 hours, after which Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Julian Fantino ordered Shawn Brant’s arrest. He was released, but then arrested again after the blockade of the CN railway and highway 401 on June 29.

Railing for justice

For the mischief charges, Brant’s lawyer Peter Rosenthal said they would use a recognized defence known as the “colour of right.”

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