Abdirahman Abdi inquest November 2024
The first day of a coroner's inquest into the death of a Black man who died in 2016 after a violent altercation with Ottawa police began Monday with a rare glimpse into his life before coming to Ottawa, and his mental health struggles once he arrived in the city.A coroner's inquest into the 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi, a Black man who died after a violent altercation with Ottawa police, began on Monday with a glimpse into Abdi's mental health history.
Abdi's death sparked outrage in Ottawa and beyond, and led to questions about police use of force and their handling of Black men and mental health calls. The family is disappointed "in the lack of progress made" but hopes "positive change" will come from the inquest, he added.Alessandra Hollands, one of the lawyers stickhandling the inquest, started out by saying it's important to understand the circumstances of Abdi's life when examining his death.
The family moved to Canada in 2009, and Abdi returned to Ethiopia in 2015 to get married. But when he returned to Ottawa that year, Abdi became silent and reclusive and began to experience mental health problems. In July 2016, the same month Abdi died, one of his doctors found Abdi presented signs of a "schizophrenia spectrum illness." Both that doctor and another psychiatrist who treated Abdi are expected to testify during the inquest.
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