TNC: 'A woman who pleaded guilty to vandalizing a Vancouver Catholic church in the wake of reported discoveries of unmarked residential school graves last year has been given a conditional discharge along with a $1,250 fine. Emily Luba, 27, was charged with mischief after witnesses recorded her splashing orange paint on the wall of St. Jude’s Parish in East Vancouver....
'Luba was charged with mischief for damage to the church, along with mischief in relation to another protest in April 2021.
'According to provincial court Judge Gregory Rideout, 12 B.C. churches had suffered similar attacks since May 2021, with many “splashed with red paint or orange paint… the colours of clothing associated to the young residents of the residential schools.”
'Rideout noted at the time of the offence that Luba was following a protest group known as the Braided Warriors, which Rideout said has the goal of defending the land from colonial violence. '
If Emily Luba had vandalized a mosque, she'd have been convicted. If she had vandalized an abortion clinic or done a burn-out on a gay-flag street decal, she'd be in jail. Canada doesn't have a two-tier justice system. It doesn't administer justice at all.
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