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Report and timeline from Puget Sound Anarchists on pre-dawn raid by the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory.

Six people have been arrested and several others, including members of the press, have been detained and removed from Wet’suwet’en territories in an aggressive pre-dawn raid by RCMP on behalf of Coastal GasLink (TC Energy). Reports and footage are coming in from the siege. Dogs were used, media was banned from filming arrests. Militarized police with night vision and automatic weapons raided the camp in the dead of night.

A few more scenes from this mornings police action on #wetsuwet territory pic.twitter.com/u4TP14bTY9 — Jesse Winter (@jwints) February 6, 2020

4:57 am, Feb 6, 2020: The gate at 39 km has been breached. 13 RCMP vehicles past 39 km. Road is being cleared, 1 to 4 arrests made. Story developing.

4:55 am – It’s not yet 5am – still totally dark out – and we’ve just heard RCMP made their first arrest at the #Wetsuweten monitoring post at 39KM. Cops are surrounding people there and beginning to clear the road to the Gidimt’en checkpoint.

“We’re not afraid.” Video from journalist Jerome Turner inside RCMP lines at the Gidimt’en checkpoint. Eve, on the left, and Alice give an update as they await an imminent RCMP raid. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #Wetsuweten #unistoten pic.twitter.com/9Vt5R7g6KV — Ricochet (@ricochet_en) February 6, 2020

5:05 am – We’ve heard 13 RCMP vehicles headed up the road earlier this morning. Up to 4 arrests have been made now, and RCMP are taking down tents. Our understanding is these tents were NOT blocking the road and are not part of the injunction area.

5:30 am – We’re hearing reports from the front line that some RCMP had their guns out – not pointed at people – but guns in hand.

We’re told that even with more than a dozen vehicles out on the territory, the Houston community hall is still full of cops waiting to invade our lands.

5:43 am – We estimate more than a dozen cops on site, with six cops surrounding the person communicating updates over radio.

I just got out from #Gidimten clan territory on #Wetsuweten yintah, where RCMP conducted an aggressive, pre-dawn raid. Six land defenders arrested: pic.twitter.com/JkKempHUGM — Jesse Winter (@jwints) February 6, 2020

5:56 am – The person on radio at 39km reports RCMP have broken in the windows of their vehicle.

6:22 am – We have lost all communication with the Gidimt’en watch post at 39KM after RCMP smashed the window of the radio vehicle. It’s still pitch black out.

6:43 am – We have reports that RCMP are now blocking the forest service road at 4KM.

The 39 km camp has been raided! Supports living there along with legal observers were all arrested. — Smogelgem (@smogelgem) February 6, 2020

6:59 am – We have reports RCMP have headed up from town in an approximately 20+ vehicle convoy. #Wetsuweten #WetsuwetenStrong