YOU GO GIRLS!

Good for these aboriginal WOMEN, I applaud them...I too have experienced police brutality at the border, and most recently this past weekend in Allen Park, Michigan, a redneck town that I never wish to return to. They target minorities and women...they're all made of the same mold, and it makes me so sick I could puke all over all of them---every single one of them!--and at the same time I pray they all come to their senses!
s.d.

MOHAWK WOMEN FILE ‘DEMAND’. CANADA MUST RESPECT THE “RULE OF LAW”.

MNN. Aug. 4, 2008. The following “Letter of Demand” was sent to the Attorney
General of Canada. We are reminding them to fulfill their obligation to us as
our historic allies to protect our rights. Canada Border Services Agents has
illegally erected facilities in the midst of our community of Akwesasne and is
illegally interfering with our right to live peacefully among our people. In
particular, criminal assaults have been conducted against members of our
community, including the assault against Kahentinetha and Katenies on June 14th
2008 at the “Cornwall Ontario” check point. According to the Canadian
Constitution Canada is governed by the rule of law and everyone is equal before
the law. This means that Canadian officials must obey the law, just like
everyone else. When they commit an assault they should be charged with an
assault under the Criminal Code just like anyone else who commits an assault.
According to Federal Court of Canada rules, the Attorney General
must answer this letter by August 22, 2008.

LETTER OF DEMAND

Date: July 23, 2008

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

TO: Hon. Robert Douglas Nicholson
Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8
613-941-6900 nicholson.r@parl.gc.ca

TAKE NOTICE THAT ON JUNE 14, 2008, KAHENTINETHA AND KATENIES, MEMBERS OF THE
KANION’KE:HAKA/MOHAWK NATION, WERE ASSAULTED, BRUTALIZED, ARRESTED AND DETAINED
ILLEGALLY AT THE CORNWALL BORDER.

The following are the facts giving rise to this incident.

1.On June 14, 2008 Sakowaiaks and Kahentinetha went to Akwesasne to pick up
Katenies. Kahentinetha is a 68 year old grandmother. Katenies is 43 years old
and also a grandmother.

2.At approximately 2:00 pm they were passing through the Canadian border control
on the Cornwall portion. Akwesasne is a small community. The Canada-U.S.
border has been placed in the middle of the Mohawk community. The people have
to cross the border many times a day for groceries or to visit relatives.

3.Katenies, Kahentinetha and Sakowaiaks went through the border and were told to
wait under the canopy. They sat there peacefully for an hour surrounded by
guards. Some Mohawk elders showed up to witness. Several other vehicles were
searched and released. Only Indigenous people were stopped. Eventually a
platoon of about a dozen guards marched towards the car, all wearing leather
gloves, flack jackets and all kinds of equipment hanging about their waist. One
officer, Maurice Saucier [Badge #16121], was on the cell phone throughout
directing operations during the attack on Kahentinetha and Katenies.

4.At approximately 3:00 pm Katenies was dragged violently from the back seat of
the car by a gang of hefty young men and women. They knocked her down, pinned
her to the ground, and forced their knees into her head and back. They
handcuffed her and smashed and rubbed her face into the pavement. Sakowaiaks
still remembers the sound of flesh hitting the pavement. She received bleeding
scrapes and bruises on her face, shoulders, arms and legs. Katenies’ was taken
into the customs building and later to Ottawa. She was not given any medical
attention. She was not allowed to call her mother and her mother was not
permitted to see her or speak to her. Katenies was held incommunicado for three
days until she appeared in Cornwall court on June 17, 2008.

5.There were no warrants or charges out for Kahentinetha. Her ID and car keys
had already been taken. Katenies’ has not been returned. Also missing are
documents that were in the trunk and the shoes taken from Kahentinetha’s feet.

6.It was only after the assault on Katenies began that Kahentinetha was ordered
to get out of the car. She saw what they were planning to do to her.
Kahentinetha heard Maurice Saucier tell the other agents to “Take her out”. On
June 14th 2008 she was afraid for her life if she got out of the car. She was
right and continues to be afraid.

7.She was handcuffed, assaulted and imprisoned. Once in the cell, the attack
continued. Some of the officers deliberately tightened the handcuffs she was
wearing several times. This cut the circulation to her hands. The pain shot up
her arms and she experienced flashes of light and pains in the middle of her
chest and back. She cried for help. The guards ignored her and tightened the
handcuffs more. They yelled threats at her and kept ordering her to bend down.
A man stood behind her and had his hands on her pants. She received scrapes and
bruises on her arms and legs.

8.Frank Horn, a Cornwall lawyer, and his son Kanatase, happened to be waiting in
the line at the border. [613-935-8882]. They wouldn’t let him see his sister,
Kahentinetha, until they took off the cuffs and gave her a chair to sit on.
When he saw her, he immediately insisted on calling an ambulance. The
Akwesasne Police stood and watched in silence. The ambulance took her to
Cornwall Community Hospital and the Ottawa Ontario Heart Institute. She
remained in hospital for 5 days in the trauma unit and intensive care unit.
Since that time she had a relapse and was hospitalized at the Anna Laberge
Hospital in Chateauguay Quebec.

9.The medical record confirms that despite excellent physical condition
Kahentinetha had a trauma induced heart attack. Her recovery will take a long
time. Part of her heart was killed. Her health will never be the same. Both
women are now recuperating in the company of their children and grandchildren.

10.None of these women is associated with any kind of criminal activity.

11.The video footage of the assaults on Kahentinetha and Katenies on June 14th
2008 have been confiscated by Canada‘s Department of “National Defense”. We are
informed the only way to obtain these videos is to “waive our rights”. .

12.Some of the CBSA officers had the following badge numbers: 17012; 16320;
16511; 16121; and 16275; Some of those involved and responsible for border
issues are Alain Jolicoeur, President of CBSA 613-952-3200; Lance Markel,
District Director CBSA 613-930-3234; Hon. Stockwell Day, Public Safety &
Emergency Preparedness 613-995-1703 day.s@parl.gc.ca; Dave MacKenzie,
Parliamentary Secretary, Public Safety, 613-995-4432 mackenzie.d@parl.gc.ca;
Akwesasne Mohawk Police 613-575-2250 ext. 2400; and Louis Mitchell, Mohawk
Security 613-932-5183, 613-575-2340;

13.We have reason to believe that the Canadian “state” conspired to kill us.
These assaults appear to have been carried out by the Canada Border Security
Agency, Canada Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Mohawk Council of
Akwesasne, Akwesasne Mohawk Police Services and Mohawk Security Officers, all
agencies of the Canadian government. The courts of “Canada” are presently
issuing false charges and attempting to serve warrants on Kahentinetha and
Katenies.

Demand for Relief:

14. The individuals who assaulted the three women must be charged, tried and
punished.
15.Full and complete undoctored copies of the video footage of this event.
16.Full disclosure of all files and official communications concerning the cases
of Kahentinetha and Katenies.
17.$10 million for physical, psychological and punitive damages and such other
relief as this court may deem fit.

Deadline for settlement:

18.An order that all Canadian government agencies will respect the time delays
set out in the rules of court.

From:
Kahentinetha, Bear Clan __________________ kahentinetha2@yahoo.comj
Katenies, Bear Clan ______________________ katenies20@yahoo.com

% Box 991, Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada J0L 1B0, 450-635-9345

Address for service: for the purposes of this proceeding only, service to be
made % Julio Peris, 625 Rene-Levesque West, Suite 900, Montreal Quebec H3B 1R2 –
514-933-4656 Fax 514-933-9587.

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