Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance1993

Michel Trudeau:
They thought I was an Indian. They wanted to exterminate me. One of them came up to me with a machine gun. And he said, 'this can fire 30 bullets a second. This rifle's loaded. All our rifles are loaded. We were ready to fire.' They kept on, 'I'll make you lie in the mud and keep quiet.' Then my son arrived. He got in the car. 'I'm sorry but we're nervous tonight. There's a lot happening.' I said, 'I can see that.' At almost the same time something happened. The gun went off. A bullet fired into the ground. The earth exploded and flew in my face. My son was beside me, he got mud in his face. Yannick was shaking. [testifying about the police and soldier abuse]