Reconciliation at Gunpoint: An Interview with Layla Staats and Skyler Williams
Channel: subMedia
Date: 21/12/2021

CONTENT WARNING: Detailed description of colonial violence and dehumanization at the hands of police and prison/court staff.

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In this interview, Layla Staats and Skyler Williams describe their arrest on unceded Cas Yikh territory, and the disgusting lengths that the Canadian state went to try and break their warrior spirits.

Through these desperate and brutal actions, the RCMP and the courts showed the true essence of 'reconciliation' in a militarized settler-colonial state.

As Skyler says, and Wet'suwet'en land defenders have reminded us through their recent re-capture of Coyote Camp - injunctions are only pieces of paper. Canadian law has no legitimacy on stolen land.