Category Archives: BC Native

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RCMP Const. Brian Heideman -on steroids- Assault Robert Wright, Cause Brain Damage, VIDEO FOOTAGE

RCMP Says Use Of Force Was Justified. Watch The Video. http://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/watch/warning-offensive-language-robert-wright-in-rcmp-lockup-raw/vp-cbcc2014-0210-1934-0013-253995456400

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B.C. Mountie cleared of assault of First Nations teen

A Williams Lake RCMP officer who punched a First Nations teen in the face has been acquitted of an assault charge. On Monday, the judge ruled Const. Andy Yung acted reasonably during the arrest of 18-year-old Jamie Haller in 2011. … Continue reading

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VPD responds to woman’s claims officers broke her wrist

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/vpd-responds-to-woman-s-claims-officers-broke-her-wrist-1.1244720 Vancouver police  are investigating (themselves) after a 26-year-old woman accused officers of breaking her wrist and jailing her for nine hours due to mistaken identity. In a media release, the Vancouver Police Department said officers were called to a … Continue reading

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Mounties raped, abused B.C. aboriginal girls, rights watchdog alleges in report

Mike Blanchfield, Canadian Press/NationalPost, Feb. 13, 2013 OTTAWA — A new report by a respected international human rights watchdog has accused RCMP officers of abusing aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia. New York-based Human Rights Watch uncovered one … Continue reading

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Taser use on hearing-impaired boy preventable, report says

CBC News//Posted: Feb 7, 2013 11-year-old boy had been in residential care from a young age The police use of a Taser on a hearing-impaired 11-year-old boy in Prince George, B.C., could have been prevented, a new report by the … Continue reading

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RCMP under fire for 911 response

Article reposted from warriorpublications.wordpress.com  By Christopher Reynolds, Vancouver Sun June 13, 2012 Fear may leave first nations people afraid to call for help, association says Three separate cases that left first nations people injured after RCMP were called indicate an … Continue reading

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RCMP Blasted for Slow Responses to In-Custody Death of Aboriginal Man

WarriorPublications.wordpress.com In 2003, Clay Alvin Willey, an Aboriginal man (described as Metis), was killed by the RCMP while in custody in Prince George, BC.  Willey had suffered broken teeth, a fractured skull, ruptured bowels, internal bleeding, and multiple taser burns … Continue reading

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No Federal Criminal Charges to Be Filed in Woodcarver’s Shooting

By Wawmeesh Hamilton, Indian Country Today, January 14, 2012 -Via- warriorpublications.wordpress.com2012/01/14/no-federal-criminal-charges-to-be-filed-in-woodcarvers-shooting/ Federal prosecutors have closed the case against the former Seattle Police Department officer who shot and killed a Nuu-Chah-Nulth woodcarver in 2010.  U.S. District Attorney spokesperson Thomas Bates announced … Continue reading

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RCMP Assault BC Native Teen

CTVNews.ca, Wednesday Sep. 28, 2011 7:57 AM PT The BC Civil Liberties Association is calling for an independent investigation after a 17-year-old Williams Lake woman said she was handcuffed and beaten by RCMP when she asked the officers for help. … Continue reading

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Inquiry into RCMP Killing of Native Falls Flat

Fight repression: disarm the ERT and disband the RCMP by Zig Zag In September 2009, an RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), accompanied by an officer from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), approached an isolated hunting cabin near the … Continue reading

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