The death of Rodney Levi of the Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation in an RCMP shooting continues to put the focus on police relations with Indigenous communities in Canada.
Police are defending the actions of officers who kneed and kicked a man while arresting him and are reaching out to Indigenous leaders to discuss what happened Thursday.A blurry, 74-second video taken by a bystander and posted online shows three officers in Winnipeg struggling to turn a man on the ground over to handcuff him.
“All three of those uses of force come after the person is already detained and restrained,” Walby said. Winnipeg police describe altercation caught on video showing officers arresting, kicking man allegedly high on meth “Officers struggled to place the male into handcuffs. While struggling with the officers, a knife and a heavy bar were located on the male.”Death of Chantel MooreN.B. to hold coroner’s inquest into death of Chantel Moore as calls for systemic review continueA 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia, Moore was shot and killed by police in Edmundston, N.B., on June 4.The Edmundston Police Force said it received a request to check on a woman’s well-being at an apartment building.
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