The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) concluded that there is no evidence of an offence committed when RCMP officers used force to arrest Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam outside a Fort McMurray casino in 2020. The investigation also found no evidence of racist treatment by officers.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Alberta 's police watchdog says there's no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties used force to arrest a First Nation chief outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 2020.
It says a confrontation began when an officer working alone was patrolling the parking lot of the Boomtown Casino and found an unregistered truck.
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