[news] Prosecution Seeks Minimum 12 Years: Mohawk Shawn Brant Faces Serious Jail Time [DONATIONS URGENTLY NEEDED!]

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The...Crown [Government Prosecutor] has indicated that he intends to seek...a minimum sentence of **12 years** in a federal penitentiary...The severity of the prison time openly being sought by the Crown indicates the punishment the Canadian state is prepared to inflict on First Nations people who struggle for their land and their communities...[T]he gravity of this possible sentence is proof that **Shawn [Brant]** is being singled out, in an effort by the colonial authorities to crush First Nations' resistance. 

  


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