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B.C. First Nation says apology ceremony can’t proceed in absence of police officers who wrongfully handcuffed members

Summary by Ground News

The apology ceremony was part of a settlement agreement between Maxwell Johnson and the Vancouver Police Board. Johnson was arrested alongside his 12-year-old granddaughter in December 2019 after a bank employee phoned police. A statement from the nation says it views the constables' decisions not to attend "as a symptom of the larger systemic failure to acknowledge and take responsibility for systemic racism"

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National Post

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Indigenous apology ceremony cancelled after police officers who wrongfully arrested B.C. man don't show

A settlement agreement with the police board says it expects the officers to attend the ceremony but does not demand their attendance

3 years ago·Canada

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Alaska Highway News

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Indigenous apology cancelled, wrongly arrested man upset, after no-show by constables

BELLA BELLA, B.C.

3 years ago

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The Toronto Star

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Indigenous apology cancelled, wrongly arrested man upset, after no-show by constables

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - It was intended as a healing moment for Maxwell Johnson, after the trauma of being wrongfully arrested and handcuffed with his the...

3 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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Bradford Today

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Indigenous apology ceremony cancelled after no-show by arresting police officers

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation has cancelled an apology ceremony saying it is deeply disappointed that the Vancouver police officers who wrongly arrested two of their members failed to show up.

3 years ago·Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada

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