Canada's Trudeau calls arrest video of indigenous leader 'shocking'

By Steve Scherer and Rod Nickel

 

Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is held during his violent arrest by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, in a still from police dashcam video obtained during legal discovery, in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada March 10, 2020. Video taken March 10, 2020. RCMP via REUTERS.

 

OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that newly released video showing a forceful arrest of a Canadian indigenous leader was "shocking," saying it raised serious questions.

 

Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation alleged last week that Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) beat him in March during an incident involving an expired licence plate.

 

This week, Adam's lawyer filed RCMP dashboard video in a court application to stay legal proceedings for resisting arrest and assaulting police.

 

In the 12-minute video, obtained by news outlets including Reuters, Adam approaches a police car parked behind him outside a Fort McMurray, Alberta, casino to complain of harassment. When the officer repeatedly orders him back to his truck, Adam warns that the two of them are going to have a problem.

 

Later, Adam exits his truck swearing, removes his jacket and assumes a fighting stance.

 

After he leaves the vehicle a final time, he is held by one officer while a second tackles him to the ground. One of the officers then punches him in the face.

 

Adam is cuffed and led away bleeding.

 

"We have all now seen the shocking video of Chief Adam's arrest, and we must get to the bottom of this," Trudeau said in Ottawa. "I have serious questions about what happened."

 

RCMP was not immediately available for comment, but Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, who oversees the RCMP, said he would follow the investigation closely.

 

The RCMP, which previously reviewed the video, has said the use of force was reasonable. An independent Alberta agency has begun an investigation.

 

There have been global protests since the death in Minneapolis of a black man in police custody last month.

 

Indigenous people have also been outraged about two other recent incidents with Canadian police.

 

Trudeau has said Canadian police should be equipped with body cameras.

 

(Reporting by Steve Scherer in Ottawa and Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-13

 

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So no licence  plate, assuming a fighting stance, swearing, approaches a Police vehicle ( isnt that a big no-no there?), complains of  harassment.

Always the same old excuses if what the Police say is correct and the sort of  stuff they have to endure daily often end with one of them stabbed or shot, about time  both sides of this were seen.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by bodga

18 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Trudeau has said Canadian police should be equipped with body cameras.

I can agree  on that.

I'd sack any police officers with those funny 'NAZI thug' hair styles.

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by BritManToo

11 minutes ago, bodga said:

So no licence  plate

Says 'expired' in the story.

Oh man that was sweet. Adam learning a swift lesson in respect, better than any liberal court could do. Bet he won't duck and weave like Cassius Clay next time he is pulled over.

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that newly released video showing a forceful arrest of a Canadian indigenous leader was "shocking," saying it raised serious questions.

I would too, say the same if i didn't want be harassed and my house to be burned and looted by a mob  of people thinking otherwise...

44 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Says 'expired' in the story.

expired whatever, although as being from the UK don't  know what an expired licence plate  means exactly.

44 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Oh man that was sweet. Adam learning a swift lesson in respect, better than any liberal court could do. Bet he won't duck and weave like Cassius Clay next time he is pulled over.

For me his  whole demeanour was  bad from the offset, the Police were  polite  enough, they never  know what theyr'e  up against,knives,  guns and he wasn't going to co operate, some people are serial  lawbreakers.

I dont see a punch so much as a charge in by the second officer but again , who  knows the truth, the lawyer  will say x the Police y.

Ah  ok I see the punch  now, so he went too  far with that for sure.

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by bodga

55 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'd sack any police officers with those funny 'NAZI thug' hair styles.

That would  now  include the entire Thai Police force, good  job though theyre  pretty  much useless anyway.

28 minutes ago, bodga said:

For me his  whole demeanour was  bad from the offset, the Police were  polite  enough, they never  know what theyr'e  up against,knives,  guns and he wasn't going to co operate, some people are serial  lawbreakers.

I dont see a punch so much as a charge in by the second officer but again , who  knows the truth, the lawyer  will say x the Police y.

Ah  ok I see the punch  now, so he went too  far with that for sure.

Everyone has a limit to their patience. Mine was finished after a few seconds of the Chief's <deleted> and blinding. The police sucked it up for a full 12 minutes before Adam kept upping the aggression and ended up eating a knuckle sandwich. No surprise he is playing the victim now, says it all really, no concept of responsibility for ones own actions. 

38 minutes ago, bodga said:

expired whatever, although as being from the UK don't  know what an expired licence plate  means exactly.

Means you haven't paid your road tax.

50 minutes ago, bodga said:

expired whatever, although as being from the UK don't  know what an expired licence plate  means exactly.

 

There is a wee sticker that shows your road tax is paid up to date.

 

 

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by VocalNeal
corrected the province

1 hour ago, bodga said:

expired whatever, although as being from the UK don't  know what an expired licence plate  means exactly.

They likely mean the yearly  vehicle insurance had not been renewed. I don't know if "road tax" is the same thing. Never heard that term used in Canada. 

 

The chief may  get away with trying to fight police on his reserve but off reserve it's not a smart move. 

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by pegman

2 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Oh man that was sweet. Adam learning a swift lesson in respect, better than any liberal court could do. Bet he won't duck and weave like Cassius Clay next time he is pulled over.

No pepper spray, teargas or rubber bullets? They could learn from America!

The thing is with all these forceful arrests is , if you didn't resist or stand there threatning or being abusive , the arrest would be a simple act and nobody gets hurt.

Everybody is so bloody macho these days , then when they get their ass whooped they start crying . and want justice etc.

 

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by NE1

"Adam exits his truck swearing, removes his jacket and assumes a fighting stance" so? lock him up

2 hours ago, bodga said:

expired whatever, although as being from the UK don't  know what an expired licence plate  means exactly.

It means his registration sticker is expired, see VocalNiels photo.

You pay yearly for an updated sticker that goes in the corner of your license plate.

Here its in the corner of your windshield. In Alberta it goes on your license plate, same same, but different

A troll post and an off topic post have been removed. 

If this were a white man doing all this stuff (being a general sh!te), there would hardly be a peep ...the white man would answer questions and consent (at the very least) to having his vehicle impounded for lack of insurance. 

 

The sad thing is that historically the Indians were treated abominably, but now, despite all the white "mea culpas" over the years, the tribes have a massive sense of entitlement (aka "victimhood"), which translates into this mindless anger. Which in turn means that indigenous people constitute 80% of the population of some province's prisons.

 

Needless to say, the MSM show only the violent attack by the second cop (which is admittedly worthy of his getting the sack asap).

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by blazes

6 hours ago, pegman said:

They likely mean the yearly  vehicle insurance had not been renewed. I don't know if "road tax" is the same thing. Never heard that term used in Canada. 

 

The chief may  get away with trying to fight police on his reserve but off reserve it's not a smart move. 

 

7 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Means you haven't paid your road tax.

Actually what it means is that your annual insurance/registration has expired, those stickers tell you the month and year that they expire. In Canada we don't have annual road tax, you just pay it once when you buy the vehicle

Who knows what harassment the chief had gone through previously and maybe the police had been stalking him. Might make anyone angry. Or maybe he was drunk? Who knows? Cops should be trained to assess the situation where least physical aggressive confrontation results. Talk people down. Even if it means walking away and issuing a fine next day for a petty offence.

 

Up until the point the cop twisted the chief's wife's arm up her back, nothing physical had happened...all talk and posturing. What would you have done? "Please don't do that to my wife, officer." That's when the situation escalated.

 

The second cop rushed in, tackled him to the ground, and started punching him. That was out of order and clearly counter productive. 

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by dexterm

the beating of indigenous people in Canada has been a national police sport for years. And with dozens of unsolved cases of missing/murdered indigenous women and girls over the years you would have to be an idiotic self privileged white politician not to know there are serious issues involved here..

The punch was unnecessary, but, pal, were you begging for it! 

Edited June 13, 20206 yr by pacovl46

7 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Everyone has a limit to their patience. Mine was finished after a few seconds of the Chief's <deleted> and blinding. The police sucked it up for a full 12 minutes before Adam kept upping the aggression and ended up eating a knuckle sandwich. No surprise he is playing the victim now, says it all really, no concept of responsibility for ones own actions. 

To start with there is no law to say you have to respect police and they cannot arrest you for that.

 

The police are duty bound to suck it up, its part of the job. If they cannot handle it then leave.

 

There is also no law that says you cannot swear at police.

 

The police are there to uphold justice, not to dish out justice. The 2nd officer went way overboard. 2 officers there should have handled it with de escalation and a minimum of fuss.

6 hours ago, NE1 said:

The thing is with all these forceful arrests is , if you didn't resist or stand there threatning or being abusive , the arrest would be a simple act and nobody gets hurt.

Everybody is so bloody macho these days , then when they get their ass whooped they start crying . and want justice etc.

 

And rightly so.

7 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

 

There is a wee sticker that shows your road tax is paid up to date.

 

 

A wee sticker? Third world system. OZ police just check the computer in their car. ????

I have no idea why the wife was being arrested. She seemed to be the only calm person there diffusing the situation.

 

The officer should have cuffed the guy first, then the wife.

 

Just before linebacker comes rushing in it looked like the first officer was in the process of cuffing him and there was no resistence.

 

That second officer dallas cowboy should be sacked immediately. 2 of them have him on the ground and yet he still punches him with the standard get out of jail call of...dont resist.

Chief got his wings clipped and is now a crybaby but snowflake Justin can oaint his face black again and comfort him.

On 6/13/2020 at 7:35 AM, bodga said:

So no licence  plate, assuming a fighting stance, swearing, approaches a Police vehicle ( isnt that a big no-no there?), complains of  harassment.

Always the same old excuses if what the Police say is correct and the sort of  stuff they have to endure daily often end with one of them stabbed or shot, about time  both sides of this were seen.

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely zero need for the excessive violence used by the second police officer. He charged straight in like a maniac and punched a man viciously in the face who was being held on the ground.

 

No excuses.