'Enough is enough': Alberta First Nations chief alleges abuse by RCMP
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation along with his wife and niece were in a casino parking lot in Fort McMurray in the early morning hours of March 10.
He said he asked the officer why he was being harassed and identified that he was the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, before hopping into the truck. “I looked up, and out of nowhere the second officer who was the first officer on scene after he was called in, he just gave me a what you would call in the wrestling world a clothesline,” said Adam.
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