VICTORIA — Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested nearly seven years ago were 'absolutely shocked' to learn that the manslaughter charges against two of the Mounties involved have been stayed, Dale Culver's
VICTORIA — Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested nearly seven years ago were"absolutely shocked" to learn that the manslaughter charges against two of the Mounties involved have been stayed, Dale Culver's cousin says.Culver, from the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en Nations, was arrested in Prince George on July 18, 2017, after police were called about a man allegedly casing vehicles.
"Our hopes were very high that we would see justice it's very, very rare for Indigenous cases charges being approved in the judicial system," she said."Yesterday, our hopes and dreams of justice were depleted very quickly when we learned that as of a pathologist report being pulled from the evidence that the Crown counsel made the very difficult decision to stay the proceedings.
The service said a Crown prosecutor was unable to resolve questions about the evidence around cause of death after a second pathologist reviewed the case and found the man died of a heart attack after struggling with officers while high on methamphetamine. The conflicting finding led prosecutors to conclude they could no longer prove their case against the Mounties beyond a reasonable doubt, it said.
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