A group of women impacted by police killings demand response at Parliament Hill
A Wet'suwet'en woman, along with seven other women, arrived at Ottawa's Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, to demand action against police violence and its impacts and demand a federal inquiry into police killings."All too often, we are forced to fight alone and care for the family members left behind. The public has lost sight of the bigger picture: there is no justice for our people when they are killed by police.
Holland is the mother of Jared"Jay" Lowndes, who was killed on July 8, 2021, by the Campbell River RCMP at the Willow Point Tim Hortons' parking lot. During the incident, a police dog was also killed, and the dog's handler was injured before shots were fired.B.C.
The BC Prosecution Service came to its conclusion on April 23, 2024. They concluded that the evidence available did not meet their charge assessment standard.RELATED: No Charges in RCMP killing of Jared Lowndes shocks First Nations leaders Holland and her family have been organizing events under the banner of Justice for Jared to speak out against police killings of Indigenous people. Earlier this year, Justice For Jared called for a public and independent provincial inquiry into killings of Indigenous people in BC.
Between Aug. 29 and Sep. 18, nine Indigenous people were killed by police. Tracking In Justice, a living data set tracking Canadian police-involved deaths and deaths in custody has recorded 129 police-involved deaths of Indigenous people since 2000, with 66 involving the RCMP.
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