An Alberta aboriginal leader wants an agency that investigates police shootings to determine whether racism was a factor in a weekend traffic stop that ended with two men being shot. Muriel Stanley Venne, who is chair of the Aboriginal Commission on Human Rights and Justice, says the incident may be another reminder of the discrimination against aboriginal people by the justice system. Lance Cutarm, who was 30, died while his brother, Larron Cutarm, who is 41, suffered chest wounds after the vehicle they were riding in was stopped Saturday by a Mountie at Pigeon Lake, southwest of Edmonton. Their father, Larry Cutarm, says he was driving his three sons and his brother to a home after stopping to buy liquor when they were stopped. He says he was placed in handcuffs as soon as he got out of his truck and the others in the vehicle tried to prevent the officer from beating him when the shooting happened. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating. read the rest at: huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/06/muriel-stanley-venne-alberta-rcmp-shooting_n_3716011.html
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 04:24:37 +0000
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