"My function is not to negotiate"The cross examination of Tactical boss Sergeant Bernard, as Mi'kmaq Warriors trial continues
Day two of the trials of Germaine 'Jr' Breau and Aaron Francis, the incarcerated members of the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society, continues today.
The day began with presiding Judge Jackson addressing Breau's appeal to have the name of the RCMP officer who uttered racist remarks on the October 17th raid of the anti-shale gas encampment disclosed to the defence team. The motivation for this appeal, ostensibly, is to know if and when the individual in question might be taking the stand, most likely to provide testimony against Breau or Francis.
Judge Jackson noted that the disclosure was indeed relevant to the trial, but that he was in effect stonewalled from granting Breau's request by the Crown's revelation that no such records surrounding who the racist officer in question might actually be....
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The remainder of the morning was spent with the defence cross-examining Tactical Troop Site Commander Sergeant Richard Bernard.
Defence lawyer Gilles Lemieux focused his cross-examination on the tactics used by Bernard, both in leading up to the October 17th raid and in the weeks leading up to it.
Bernard conceded that the blocking of the entrance to the compound where Houston-based gas giant Southwestern Energy Resources Canada (SWN) was the “illegal” component of the protest and that in his opinion: “I wouldn't call being camped out an unlawful act.”...
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