Inquiry Into RCMP Killing of Native Man Falls Flat
Submitted on September 22, 2011
September 21, 2011 - Vancouver Media Co-op
Not only are the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] a corrupt and oppressive force...they are also an important instrument in the colonial occupation of Native lands. Originally the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), they were modeled after the Royal Irish Constabulary, then used by the British in their occupation of Ireland. The NWMP were established in 1873 after the Metis-Native rebellion of 1870. Their first major deployment was to crush the 1885 Northwest Rebellion.
