OPP Assault on Mohawks this Morning: Mohawk Women re-take Skyway Bridge
(Friday, June 12, 2009) A brutal police takedown of Mohawks from
Tyendinaga on the Skyway Bridge by the OPP Public Order Unit took
place at 6:30 am this morning.
Following the arrests of Mohawks by the OPP, who cleared the Skyway
Bridge of Tyendinaga Mohawks standing in support of the community of
Akwesasne, women from the Tyendinaga community have re-taken the
bridge
Currently, the women are holding the bridge, while it appears the OPP
is contemplating whether or not to launch a second assault. There are
police helicopters flying overheard, as well as OPP boats in the bay
next to the bridge, and police cars on the roads surrounding the
bridge.
BACKGROUND:
Tyendinaga Answers Akwesasne's Call, Shuts Down Skyway Bridge,
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
(Sunday, June 7, 2009) The community of Akwesasne has been living
without the freedom of mobility for one week. People have been cut
off from family and friends, barred from access to elder relatives in
need of care, unable to get to work and hundreds of children have had
their school year disrupted.
It is no secret that there are significant tensions between the
community of Akwesasne and Canadian Border Services Agency. Hundred
of complaints have been filed for incidents like conducting a cavity