Overview of RCMP deployment against Mi’kmaq blockade, Oct 17, 2013

by Zig Zag, Warrior Publications, Oct 22, 2013

RCMP ERT member providing cover fire for Tactical Troop, Oct 17, 2013.

There has been a lot of speculation and misinformation concerning the deployment of RCMP officers during the assault on the anti-fracking blockade in Rexton, New Brunswick (in Mi’kmaq territory) on Oct 17, 2013.  So much, in fact, that I have been inspired to provide this brief overview of the RCMP deployment, units, weaponry, and tactics.