The RCMP sought to keep photojournalist Amber Bracken in custody for months after alleging she assaulted a sheriff upon release from jail following her 2021 arrest at the Wet’suwet’en pipeline standoff. Court documents reveal police quickly failed in their attempt to have her charged and detained without bail, despite knowing she was reporting as a journalist and not participating in unlawful protest activities. Bracken and The Narwhal are now suing the RCMP, arguing her arrest and treatment violated press freedoms and constitutional rights.