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Rage Against The Machine call out violence against Indiginous people in Canada
Rage Against The Machine displayed a protest message during one of their recent shows in which they condemned violence against Indiginous people in Canada.At last Friday’s (July 15) set at Bluesfest in Ottawa, the band posted a message on a screen behind their stage set-up. “An Indigenous person in Canada is over 10 times more likely to be shot and killed by a police officer than a white person is,” one screen read in reference to a CTV News investigation.“In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are 16 times more likely to be murdered or to disappear than white women are,” another text displayed.At other points the screen showed “Settler-colonialism is murder” and “Land Back”.
