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The organization that represents First Nations in southern Manitoba is calling for justice reform after an Anishinaabe woman suffered repeated racist and misogynistic verbal attacks during a trial last year.
The Southern Chiefs’ Organization is calling for an official complaint to be made against Manitoba provincial court Judge Samuel Raposo, who didn’t intervene or address repeated slurs uttered by a witness during the April 2021 hearing.
The witness called the woman on trial a “slut,” a “whore” and a “rez dog,” CBC reported earlier this week.
Southern Chiefs’ Organization Grand Chief Jerry Daniels said his heart sank
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