RCMP said officers were sent to the site near Houston after Coastal GasLink security reported it was under attack.

Violence has erupted at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site in Northern B.C., leaving workers shaken and millions of dollars in damage.

Very early Thursday, just after midnight, Coastal GasLink security called RCMP for help, reporting it was under attack by about 20 people, some wielding axes.

RCMP Chief Supt. Warren Brown, commander for the north district, called the attack a “calculated and organized violent attack that left its victims shaken and a multi-million dollar path of destruction.”

This twitter thread might be more important than the article: https://twitter.com/kainagata/status/1494467416855703554?s=21

  • BillNyeTheCommieGuy [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    several people threw smoke bombs and fire lit sticks at the police, injuring one officer

    :acab-3: :officer-down:

    • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Honestly, that's one part of this whole thing that I'm very skeptical about - erecting a blockade in the middle of nowhere seems relatively safe and quick but becomes incredibly risky for individual participants if you stick around to... throw sticks? My guess is one cop hurt themself while removing the blockade and they just invented this group staying behind to throw shit at them as they're busy getting through the blockade.

      Wouldn't they pretty easily have apprehended some - or outright shot at - protestors, if there were people sticking around at the first blockade?