The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick have renewed their call for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism, saying this week’s coroner’s inquest into the police shooting death of Chantel Moore during a wellness check in Edmundston has demonstrated the “urgent need.”
On Thursday, following four days of testimony in Fredericton, the inquest jury concluded that the death of the 26-year-old Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation woman in 2020 was a homicide.
The jury recommended, among other things, that a single body oversee use-of-force incidents in New Brunswick, and that police take steps to improve their relationship with First Nations, such as cultural sensitivity training or appointing a First
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