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Heiltsuk grandfather Maxwell Johnson closes Bank of Montreal account following settlement announcement
A settlement has been reached between a bank and an innocent Indigenous man who was handcuffed outside a Vancouver branch in 2019. The Heiltsuk First Nation announced the settlement between Maxwell Johnson and his 14-year-old granddaughter Thursday. “This ends our legal action against the bank for what happened to me and my granddaughter, but we…
Read MoreOfficers who handcuffed innocent Indigenous man and his granddaughter “acted oppressively”: judge
Two police officers who handcuffed an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter outside a Bank of Montreal branch in downtown Vancouver more than two years ago have been ordered suspended and ordered to apologize for their “serious, blameworthy” misconduct. A disciplinary decision posted online Wednesday said both Vancouver police officers committed misconduct when they handcuffed…
Read MoreVPD sergeant calls out Vancouver mayor for ‘systemic racism’ statements
This story originally appeared on VancouverSun.com on June 14, 2021. A Vancouver Police union leader has complained to the police board, saying Mayor Kennedy Stewart‘s public statements about systemic racism have created a “toxic work environment” in the force. Sgt. Blair Canning’s complaint also alleges that Stewart’s statements have contributed to the recent increase in assaults on officers…
Read MoreFirst Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police
This story originally appeared on TimesColonist.com on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while they tried to open a bank account. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former…
Read MoreIntervention into human rights case aims to hold VPD accountable for detainment of First Nations man and granddaughter
This story originally appeared on VancouverIsAwesome.com on June 16, 2021. Following a traumatic and humiliating incident that took place two years ago, two Heiltsuk Nation members have more supporters in their corner. One rainy Friday in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson and his then 12-year-old granddaughter Torianne Tweedie stopped by a Bank of Montreal location in…
Read MoreFirst Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police
This story originally appeared on CoastReporter.net on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while they tried to open a bank account. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former…
Read MoreSecurity video shows Indigenous man and granddaughter being handcuffed by Vancouver police
This story originally appeared on CTVNews.ca on June 16, 2021. Security video showing an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter being handcuffed in downtown Vancouver more than a year ago has now been made public. While the police are defending the officers’ actions in response to a human rights complaint filed following the incident, the…
Read MoreFirst Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police
This story originally appeared on TheGlobeandMail.com on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while they tried to open a bank account. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former…
Read MoreSecurity footage released in case of B.C. Indigenous man, granddaughter handcuffed outside bank
This story originally appeared on GlobalNews.ca on June 16, 2021. Security camera footage has now been released by Indigenous leaders in the case of an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter being handcuffed outside a Vancouver bank in December 2019. The footage shows Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter being led outside the Bank of Montreal branch on…
Read MoreRacial profiling and wrongful detainment: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to intervene in BC Human Rights case against VPD
This story originally appeared on The Indo-Canadian Voice on June 16, 2021. THE Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) and Heiltsuk Nation announced on Wednesday that Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, former judge and Senior Associate Counsel with Woodward and Company, will be applying to intervene on behalf of UBCIC in an ongoing BC human rights case…
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