Exploring Theme: "Systemic Racism in Policing"

NationTalk: ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is speaking up for First Nations people as the Winnipeg Police Board recruits a new Chief of Police. Over its 150 years of history, racism and brutal treatment of First Nation citizens have been at the cultural core of the Winnipeg Police Service...

Allan Woodhouse speaks to reporters as Brian Anderson (right) and his lawyers look on. Photo: APTN File  APTN News: Canada’s justice minister has quashed the murder conviction of a Saulteaux man after Innocence Canada intervened in a 50-year-old Manitoba case. Arif Virani said Tuesday he has ordered a new trial for Clarence Woodhouse, who is from...

‘I don’t want any other parent to go through that,’ says mother.  Warning: This story includes details and language that may be distressing for some readers. APTN News: A mother in Winnipeg says a confrontation with police has left her and her family shaken. Charity Tom, who is Sayisi Dene, says on May 21 at...

No date has been set for inquest into 16-year-old’s death CBC Indigenous: The inquest into the death of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson, who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police in 2020, will determine if systemic racism played a role in her death and examine whether the use and level of force was warranted and/or appropriate....

APTN News: The parents of James Wood are speaking for the first time since their son, a father of seven children, died following an incident with Winnipeg police on Jan. 27. “It’s very hard to lose somebody in this way,” said his mother, Carol Wood. “It shouldn’t have happened. There’s no need for what they...

IIU investigating death of Elias Whitehead, who died in Winnipeg police custody Oct. 15 CBC Indigenous: The loved ones of a man who died in Winnipeg police custody last month want to know where his help was the night he died. Elias Whitehead died after an encounter with Winnipeg police on Oct. 15 at the intersection...

NationTalk –The family of Eishia Hudson, who was 16 years old at the time of her fatal shooting by the Winnipeg Police Service, filed a civil claim for damages on behalf of their grieving family today. The unnamed police officers who drew their weapons are named as Defendants in the claim for acts of recklessness,...

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), the family of the late Eishia Hudson, along with other First Nation leadership in Manitoba, including Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO), Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre Leah Gazan and Nahanni Fontaine, NDP Critic for MMIWG and Justice issue the following joint statement. We are profoundly disappointed with the...

Southern Chief’s Organization – Through consultation with the Crown’s Office and an expert on the use of lethal force in police services, officials say they did not find justification to lay criminal charges against the officer who shot and killed Eishia. The Independent Investigation Unit Only eleven hours after Eishia’s killing, the police shot and...

Vice News – The IBA is calling for an inquiry after the recent shooting deaths of two men and a 16-yerold girl within 10 days. What is the WPS track record when it comes to Indigenous deaths: 2000 – 20017: 19 deaths at the hand of police (11were Indigenous) 2019: of the four shooting victims,...

Indigenous Bar Association – Despite numerous calls by local Indigenous and human rights groups to address deep-seated institutional racism, WPS members continue to display problematic and oppressive behaviours. Dubbed “Canada’s most racist city” by Maclean’s magazine in 2015, the WPS has provided insufficient training to their members to effectively de-escalate situations, specifically those involving Indigenous...