Exploring Theme: "Systemic Racism in RCMP"

Elsipogtog team to assist RCMP on wellness checks not called until after shooting CBC Indigenous: The family of a Mi’kmaw man killed by police Sunday in Elsipogtog First Nation say officers used excessive force when they should have been trying to help him. Steven “Iggy” Dedam, a 34-year-old father and fisherman, was shot and killed by an RCMP officer during a wellness...

Christina Gillis says she was assaulted by an RCMP officer responding to a wellness check for her daughter. Photo: submitted.  New Brunswick’s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) says it’s charged an RCMP officer in the province with aggravated assault. According to SIRT, Corp. Andrew Whiteway was charged on Monday. SIRT investigates incidents that may have...

New Brunswick’s Serious Incident Response Team is investigating. APTN News: Christina Gillis says she was trying to get help for her daughter who, she believed, was in distress. On June 13, the mother called the Western Valley RCMP to request a “wellness check” on her daughter who lived in Richmond Corner, New Brunswick north of Fredericton. “She...