Heiltsuk man, granddaughter handcuffed outside Vancouver BMO reach settlement with police
An Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were wrongfully arrested outside a B.C. bank in 2019 have reached a settlement with the Vancouver Police Department.
This, Turpel-Lafond said, will include an overhaul of police training on anti-Indigenous racism and how to interact with First Nations people when status cards are involved, among other things. The Vancouver Police Board has also committed to publishing an annual report on the number of complaints VPD receives on the treatment of Indigenous people, and creating a new anti-Indigenous racism officer position.
Constables Canon Wong and Mitchel Tong were suspended for several days and ordered to take Indigenous cultural sensitivity and de-escalation training back in March. In a disciplinary decision, retired judge Brian Neal found the two officers had acted “recklessly” and with “unnecessary force.”‘That feeling of being unwelcome can stay with us our whole lives.’
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