Chief Allan Adam, who leads Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, told The Globe and Mail police beat him and accosted his wife, Freda Courtoreille, outside Fort McMurray’s Boomtown Casino
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“We are deeply disturbed by the graphic photo and videos of the use-of-force in Fort Chipewyan,” the statement said, incorrectly identifying the location of the alleged police misconduct. “People across the country have serious questions about this incident, and they deserve fulsome answers.”Can this B.C. First Nation’s partnership with police offer a path for peace and justice elsewhere?
Indigenous leaders in Canada want an independent investigation into the alleged bloody incident between the RCMP and Chief Adam, arguing Indigenous peoples are frequent victims of police brutality and unfairly targeted by law enforcement officers. Mr. Blair’s office, however, did not go that far. Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipeywan First Nation says he was brutally beaten by RCMP officers and his wife manhandled after they left a popular casino-night club in Fort McMurray on March 10.RCMP, on the video, told him to stop resisting. Officers charged him with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. Chief Adam was taken into custody and released around 9:30 a.m., according to his lawyer.Chief Adam’s team did not clarify who took the videos.
Chief Adam on Saturday demanded one of the officers who allegedly hurt him be suspended. Constable Patrick Lambert, another RCMP spokesman, said he does not know why officers originally sought to arrest Chief Adam. No one has filed a public complaint about the incident, he said on Saturday.
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