Hamilton, Ontario is a large city about a one hour drive from the Canadian/U.S. border but Six Nations natives thought it the best darned place to hold a protest against border guards carrying guns. They chose to march on busy highways and parkways at 8 A.M. in the morning to show their support for the Akwesasne reserve natives who are fighting to keep border guards in their area from being armed.
Hamilton is one hour's drive from the border!!!
It gets worse. Hamilton's police department was made aware the day before that these idiots were going to block these busy roads when "the hard working people who pay their wages" were trying to get to work but stood by impotently and allowed it to happen.
I have an idea. What would happen to us non natives if we decide to march through the reserve and protest their constant and disruptive behaviour and maybe even their high unemployment rate? We could give police a day's warning.
I think we'd be stopped by police and the military before we even amassed. How fair is this and why aren't we screaming bloody murder to our politicians that we will not put up with this nonsense one more day?
There were apparently only about 12 natives on foot and in cars causing this last episode so no-one can tell me our illustrious police force could not have prevented them from demonstrating. They wouldn't allow you or I to pull a stunt like this so why are natives exempt?
It's become like a circus atmosphere and almost laughable the way we're held ransom to the whims of a people who should be out working for a living instead of harrassing the ones who are.
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The following was my email to OPP and CHCH TV.
"Could someone please tell me why Native Americans can 'pre-arrange' to protest on the Red Hill Valley Parkway (something that I would NOT be able to do) AND have as many OPP and Regional Police escorting them in their illegal protest! Who pays the wages of our OPP and Regional Police, not the Native's! How many resources were put into this pathetic protest of a dozen law breakers?
I witnessed an ambulance (with lights on) being hindered by this protest.
Who will finally start holding up the law and making these people accountable?
As a citizen of this country who pays taxes faithfully I would appreciate some answers."
PS. No response from anyone!
And you won't get one. I think we non natives are going to have to do some demonstrating of our own before we get any action on this.
Maybe I'll withhold the $13.25 I owe them in GST for the fiddlin' jewelry I sold last week!
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