A prominent B.C. First Nations leader is calling for 害羞草研究所渕assive change害羞草研究所� after police shot an Indigenous woman multiple times on Vancouver Island Saturday in the third such incident for her community in less than a year.
害羞草研究所淲e need to find solutions now. Is it lack of police training in de-escalation? We don害羞草研究所檛 know that. Is it racism? We don害羞草研究所檛 know that害羞草研究所e have so few facts, but what we do know is we have to stop these shootings now, today,害羞草研究所� Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council president Dr. Judith Sayers told Black Press Media in the wake of the shooting in the Ucluelet First Nation community of Hitacu.
A B.C. RCMP statement indicated that Ucluelet RCMP officers received a report of a disturbance and a male in need of medical assistance on May 8 around 5:12 p.m.
害羞草研究所淩esponding officers entered the home and encountered a woman with a weapon. Shots were fired by the police officers. The woman suffered gunshot wounds and was transported to hospital by BC Emergency Health Services,害羞草研究所� the statement reads. 害羞草研究所淎 male was also transported to hospital for treatment. No one else was physically injured in this incident.害羞草研究所�
In a post to its Facebook page on May 8, The Ucluelet First Nation government advised that a serious incident had occurred in the community.
害羞草研究所淔ull details are currently under investigation. A statement for public information will be issued when complete details have been provided. There have been no fatalities, nor life-threatening injuries to those involved,害羞草研究所� the post reads.
Police say the shooting is being investigated by the Island District General Investigative Services and the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia.
This is the third time in the past year that a Nuu-chah-nulth member has been shot by police. Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation woman Chantel Moore, 26, was shot and killed by police during a wellness check in Edmundston, New Brunswick, on June 4, 2020. Julian Jones, 28, was shot and killed by RCMP in the Tla-o-qui-aht community of Opitsaht on Feb. 27, 2021.
Sayers said that she and Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council vice president Mariah Charleson have met with the B.C. RCMP and provincial leadership to propose changes to the B.C. Police Act.
害羞草研究所淓ver since last June when (Chantel Moore) was shot, we have been working on elevating the issues of police shootings, wellness checks and working with communities as much as we can,害羞草研究所� she said, adding that NTC leadership met with B.C. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Strachan after the shooting of Julian Jones.
害羞草研究所淲e formed a committee to start looking at ways that we can work together and try to stop these shootings. One of the core objectives for us is to stop these shootings, so I害羞草研究所檓 pretty shocked and appalled that we had another shooting on Saturday afternoon.害羞草研究所�
She said she had spoken with the IIO on Monday morning and planned to speak with RCMP leadership that afternoon.
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害羞草研究所淥ur communities are devastated and they害羞草研究所檙e worried about are they in danger of RCMP coming onto the reserve and shooting them. The impacts of these shootings is just reverberating amongst all the members. We have to do something and that害羞草研究所檚 what we害羞草研究所檙e trying to do. We害羞草研究所檙e trying to find the best way forward while they害羞草研究所檙e doing the investigations to find out what really went on害羞草研究所e need to get to the root of what is actually happening with the RCMP and our communities.害羞草研究所�
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