JB Emmons on Nostr: Prosecutors in #BC have withdrawn cases against nearly 150 protesters who were ...

Prosecutors in #BC have withdrawn cases against nearly 150 protesters who were arrested for participating in a blockade around old-growth logging on #VancouverIsland after a judge this year found #RCMP Mounties did not read the full text of a court order to the group.

The action comes hours after the Supreme Court of Canada #SCC said it would not hear the Crown's appeal of another protester's acquittal.

#ClimateChange #FairyCreek #LawCanada 🇨🇦

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fairy-creek-protester-acquitted-supreme-court-of-canada-1.6932563?cmp=rss