The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) found no evidence of an offence committed when RCMP officers tackled and punched Allan Adam, chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, during an arrest outside a Fort McMurray casino in 2020. ASIRT also concluded there was no evidence of racist treatment by the officers.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Alberta 's police watchdog says there's no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties tackled a prominent First Nation chief and punched him in the face during an arrest outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 2020.
The report said a confrontation began on the evening of March 10, 2020, when a lone officer was patrolling the Boomtown Casino's parking lot. Adam gets out of the truck again, throws down his jacket, takes a ring off his finger and takes a fighting stance, making it"clear that was preparing to be physical with the lone officer," the report said.The woman then gets in between her husband and the officer and, after Adam gets back in the truck, she stands in front of the door, said the report. The officer grabs her arm to arrest her, and she yells.
Adam was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a peace officer, but the Crown stayed the charges in court a few months later.
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