ORN Responds to Police Allegations of Undercover Cop
by The Resistance
December 3, Vancouver Coast Salish Territories - According to reports by 24 hours news, on Monday Victoria Police chief Jamie Graham alleged an undercover police officer was driving a bus organized by the Olympic Resistance Network to transport protesters to Victoria for an anti-Olympic Torch Relay protest on October 30.

 

Disgraced former Van PD chief, Jamie Graham driven out of Vancouver, landed up in the same position with the Victoria PD after its chief quit under a cloud.

 

Graham stated "You knew that the protesters weren't that organized when on the ferry on the way over they all rented a bus, they all came over on a bus, and there was a cop driving the bus."

In response, the Olympic Resistance Network is making the following statement:

"This latest revelation of police infiltration and surveillancereinforces the notion of an Olympic police state that anti-Olympic activists have long been warning about.

 

Infiltration tactics, in conjunction with ongoing harassment of activists and a $1 billion police, security and military budget including high-tech equipment like the LRAD sonic gun and close circuit TV cameras, have created a chilly climate for the right to protest and the protection of basic civil liberties.

 

Our organization and our activities are public. With allies in Victoria we organized a successful and disruptive protest with over 400 people. While the police will increase their surveillance activities and their attempts to divide us, we are seeing increasing resistance across the country, with additional protests planned against the Torch relay in Quebec and Ontario.

 

We encourage more residents who are enraged and affected by the impact of the Games to get involved and to express their right to dissent against this five ring circus of oppression."   

 

 

 

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