'He was asking for help. Instead, he was shot.'
The family of a man who died after Vancouver police used a beanbag shotgun on him want answers about why he was shot and not helped when in distress.
Police have yet to name Amyotte but have said the Independent Investigations Office is investigating. The IIO is called in when there are police-involved incidents that result in death or harm. “I’d like an explanation for myself and my family,” she said. “It’s our duty to speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves.”
Addison has said police believed the man who died “did ask for help from a number of bystanders, who did not offer assistance.”Federal inquiry Congress of Aboriginal Peoples national vice-chief Kim Beaudin told Glacier Media there needs to be a federal inquiry into police brutality involving Indigenous people.
Dziekanski too was described as acting erratically before RCMP arrived. He was Tasered multiple times before he died in the international arrivals hall.
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