B.C. family reacts to manslaughter charge against Mounties linked to man’s death
Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested by RCMP officers expect to wait years before learning if five Mounties will be convicted of manslaughter and obstruction in the case.
The civil liberties association statement says although the independent review in 2019 found “reasonable grounds” to believe two officers may have committed offences related to use of force, and three others may have obstructed justice, the Crown was not handed a final report until 2020, and charge approval took nearly three more years.
“This is hard on every single one of us. And we hurt each time we see police involved deaths in the news,” Pierre said in the statement. “We hear that there may be a court hearing by mid-March related to the charges, and we know that it may take many more years before any court decisions are made,” she said in the statement.
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