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#NewBrunswick #RCMP dispute 'wellness check' description in #Elsipogtog shooting
Mounties won't offer more information about call
by Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Sep 13, 2024
"[Steve (Iggy) Dedam] is the third #Indigenous person shot and killed by a police officer in New Brunswick in four years.
"The deaths of #ChantelMoore and #RodneyLevi, in June 2020, during #WellnessChecks led to protests and calls for an inquiry into #SystemicRacism in the justice system. The provincial government did not call that inquiry. The call for an inquiry arose again this week after Dedam's death.
"The year Levi and Moore died saw wellness checks, and whether police should carry them out, come under increased scrutiny."
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/wellness-check-rcmp-sirt-dedam-1.7322914