Arrest Stories
Arrest Stories
Arrest Stories -- interviews with climate heroes
Recorded on unceded territory. Interviews with regular people who have entered civil resistance in order to save our world from climate collapse. If you would like to donate to legal solidarity to help arrestees with their legal bills head to: https://chuffed.org/pay/campaign/89543.
Matriarch April Thomas -- Jail Sentence for Acting as a Legal Observer
April stopped to share some words when she was on her way to a meeting with Minister of Environment Nikki Sharma to ask her to intervene so that the women being sentenced in Kamloops did not have to ride, handcuffed, in a seatbelt-less police wagon over the Coquihalla in February. Nikki Sharma cried when she heard April's story, and promised to do what she could. April never heard from her again and four of the women WERE transported in police wagon from Kamloops to Maple Ridge. One sustained a shoulder injury and a concussion on the way. April was granted appeal and so was not transported to prison. April is one of the most engaging, intelligent and brave women I have ever had the privilege of speaking with.
May 23, 2023
12 min
River on Mammoth Tusk Painting, Kids Who Want a Future, and a Poem
River talks about the first three On 2 Ottawa actions.
Apr 27, 2023
46 min
Donna Clark -- Arrested by C-IRG at Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek
Donna Clark, a teacher on unceded Squamish, Museum, Tsleil-Waututh land, talks about her June 14, 2021 Fairy Creek arrest at Waterfall Camp Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek unceded Pacheedaht-Nuuhchalnuth lands. Photo by Mike Grame.
Apr 13, 2023
39 min
Tits Out at the Junos
Ever narrowly escaped spending a month in prison for displaying climate messages on her body at the Junos.
Mar 30, 2023
50 min
Bald Guy In a Suit on Arrest, Jail, and Crown Prosecutor Ellen Leno
Interview with Ben Holt, on house arrest during the recording for multiple arrests for trying to save the last 2.7% of old-growth trees in so-called British Columbia.
Mar 24, 2023
1 hr
Dr. Tim Takaro on Science, Jail, and More Racism in the BC Courts
Dr. Tim Takaro is a professor, physician and expert in health-related consequence of climate crisis. He sat in trees and delayed the Trans Mountain pipeline for 16 months. 
Mar 3, 2023
39 min
Susan Bibbings -- Mother of Four Goes to Jail
Susan Bibbings is currently serving a 28-day jail sentence for acting as media at a ceremony 5 meters from the Trans Mountain Expansion worksite. Find out what is really going on inside this petro-state's courtrooms.
Feb 26, 2023
39 min
Leenie -- more torture in the Cordova St Jail.
Leenie spent more than 36 hours in the Cordova Street Jail, in unsanitary and torturous conditions.  
Dec 12, 2022
28 min
Lyric Crow -- A deep dive into the BC "justice" system
An in-depth look at the labyrinth that is the BC justice system with the oh-so-intelligent and poetic Lyric Crow. 
Dec 4, 2022
44 min
Squid -- 19 Hours in Hell for a First Arrest
Conversation with Squid, who spent 19 hours in the dirty, unsanitary, unusually cruel Cordova St jail for a nonviolent action that did not block anyone from going anywhere. Recorded on unceded occupied territories of Museum, Tseil-Waututh and Squamish traditional territories.
Nov 3, 2022
32 min
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