Two Canadian women arrested for 'shoot an Indian day' social media posts

[Judi Lynn]

Posts targeted residents of First Nation communities after a wave of vandalism in Flin Flon

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
@ashifa_k
Wed 1 Aug 2018 13.03 EDT

Two women in Canada have been arrested and charged after social media posts discussing killing indigenous people and holding a “shoot a [sic] Indian day”.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Tuesday that a 32-year-old from Manitoba and a 25-year-old from Saskatchewan were charged with uttering threats and public incitement of hatred.

The social media posts, which targeted residents of First Nations communities, were made after a wave of vandalism hit people’s vehicles and property in Flin Flon, a city of some 5,000 people in north-west Manitoba.

Some turned to a public page on Facebook to vent about the damage, police said in a statement. The posts quickly escalated into what police described as “hateful and threatening” language.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/01/canada-shoot-an-indian-day-facebook-arrested-first-nations-flin-flon


I'd like to know why these two are not named. They should NOT be protected.

[dalton99a]

1. Screenshot:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/01/canada-shoot-an-indian-day-facebook-arrested-first-nations-flin-flon

[Judi Lynn]

2. From an older article, names probably known already:

2 women charged with uttering threats over 'shoot a Indian' posts

Remarks follow weekend spate of vandalism in Flin Flon, Man.
CBC News · Posted: Jul 31, 2018 2:35 PM CT | Last Updated: July 31

Two women have been arrested and charged with uttering threats after a spate of vandalism in northern Manitoba led to "hateful and threatening language" online, according to the RCMP.

Investigators say a 32-year-old from Flin Flon, Man., and a 25-year-old from the nearby village of Denare Beach, Sask., face charges of uttering threats and public incitement of hatred.

. . .

Police aren't releasing the women's names until the charges are formally entered in court.

However, the circumstances appear to match remarks made by local women Destine Spiller and Raycine Chaisson.

More:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/flin-flon-denare-beach-rcmp-charges-1.4768782

[marble falls]

3. Sounds like law we need here in the US.

[cyclonefence]

4. I guarantee you that these two assholes

would bristle at the suggestion that they are racists. They think they are being funny. This is internet culture, the same kind of thinking that supports Trump.