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2026-03-07 19:16 UTC
I am so happy for that woman, and another who mentioned she was happy to be able to walk down a street holding hands with her woman partner (she was from Texas), but just feel obliged to mention this, also in BC.
In this case, the cops were held accountable, but shows we still have a ways to go.
https://www.narcity.com/vancouver/a-ruling-found-that-2-vancouver-police-officers-recklessly-arrested-an-indigenous-man
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@CStamp@mastodon.social 2026-03-07 19:16
But how about this? "The tribunal has ordered the police officers be suspended for "several days," said a statement from the Heiltsuk Nation. They are also ordered to write an apology and to "complete intensive, immersive Indigenous cultural sensitivity training," the statement said. The officers have been invited by the Heiltsuk Nation to go to Bella Bella, to participate in an apology ceremony with Johnson and his granddaughter." ....