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From the ‘Globe and Mail’
Police probe video on how to disrupt trains

BILL CURRY

From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail

May 16, 2007 at 1:32 AM EDT

OTTAWA — A video posted on YouTube offering detailed instructions for disrupting train traffic has triggered investigations by the police forces for Canada’s two main rail lines, CP and CN.

The 3½-minute video surfaced on the Internet this week. The video was filmed at night showing a person standing over a train track. The person provides a step-by-step guide to setting off the red emergency lights that tell train conductors to stop immediately.

Mark Hallman, a spokesman for CN Rail, said the measures outlined in the video are extremely dangerous and urged YouTube to pull the video.

“[The video] depicts illegal activity and highly dangerous behaviour and this is obviously a source of considerable concern to the railway,” he said. “This could have serious safety repercussions.”
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The anonymous video simply states that it was produced by “the railway ties collective.”

The video begins with white words on a black screen stating that there are more than 800 native land claims pending in Canada and disrupting rail service could encourage provincial and federal governments to resolve them more quickly.

Though the video makes reference to Mohawk blockades in Tyendinaga and Caledonia, one sentence in the video suggests it might have been made by non-natives.

“By halting the freight and passenger rail service, we who support indigenous struggles for dignity and fairness will show governments that indigenous people are not alone,” it states. “When Justice Fails, Stop the Rails.”

Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice said: “I think it’s irresponsible and I think it should be taken down. Someone is going to be hurt. I call on all chiefs, the national chief in particular, to ensure that doesn’t happen.”

Phil Fontaine, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, urged those who are viewing and sharing the video to hold off on such measures, but did not say how long that wait should last.

“I urge caution to those people that have accessed this information [in the video],” he told reporters Tuesday. “Give us the opportunity to see if we can secure the kind of commitment that will change things here.”

Both CN and CP have federally regulated police forces that have the same powers as other forces.

A spokesperson for the RCMP said they too are aware of the video but could neither confirm nor deny whether the RCMP is also investigating the matter.

5 posted on 05/16/2007 4:49:12 PM PDT by fanfan (”We don’t start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done.”PMSH)