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[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (11 children)

This whole thing is sad but also pointless. Looked into it before, the cops did search but somehow were given the wrong schedule or the garbage trucks were diverted to a different facility. By the time this was realized, it was far too late. I get where the families are coming from but this is pointless and it's been years now

[–] eleventy_7@kbin.social 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wont comment on the efficacy of the search itself—I don't know enough to meaningfully hold a stance about it—but I think you also have to consider the symbolic meaning of the government funding this search. There's a long history of federal and provincial governments at best ignoring indigenous people and their struggles, if not actively pursuing policy that harms them.

This search has become a flashpoint for an accumulation of unrest over that history, it can't be viewed in a vacuum. The sheer poetic horror of murder victims rotting in a landfill makes this example particularly abhorrent, but it's hardly the only time the police and justice system has failed indigenous women and girls. The government putting a lot of funding into this specific search is bigger than just the outcome of the search itself.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago

I don't do symbolism.

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