[news] A look at the media coverage of the Ipperwash incident

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On September 7, 1995, Anthony (Dudley) George was fatally shot by OPP officer Kenneth Deane during a peaceful protest at Ipperwash Park. This was the first time that a Native American was killed by a police officer during peacetime. The OPP maintain that the natives had guns and shot at them first, which is why they responded back with gunfire. The natives maintain that they never had any weapons and it was the OPP who shot at them first. The media portrayed this tragedy as a clash between militant savages and the honest cops, playing up the violence and anger, but not digging into the deeper story- the reason behind the natives' occupation of Ipperwash Park.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/9/173837/7774