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birthofvcnus · 1 year ago

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hey reminder that starlight tours (a cop practice in which they would abduct indigenous men who hung around bars only to drive them away from population and leave them to die in subzero temperatures) really did happen in Canada and that neither the Canadian police nor the government have ever apologized for their actions — in fact they do not even seem to have stopped the practice altogether — and as of 2021, despite accusations of similar offenses, no cop has been convicted for this type of crime.

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#i don’t see anyone talking about this and it makes me feel sick #dozens upon dozens of indigenous people disappear every year and no one ever talks about it because no one wants to admit that the #police and the government are most likely responsible for these disappearances #in fact the victims themselves are being blamed for their disappearances and most people brush it off by adhering to racist stereotypes such #as drug and alcohol consumption in reserves (which is exaggerated so much it’s become a normalized generalization)#so their disappearances are never discussed. never questioned. never brought to light. and most importantly never brought to justice #it is primordial as white canadians to be educated on the horrors the indigenous people of this land have experienced and it is our duty to #amplify their voices and support them. protest. protect.#indigenous rights #canada #indigenous rights canada #canadian politics #important

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