All charges have been dropped against a man from the Siksika First Nation southeast of Calgary who suffered broken facial bones during a violent RCMP arrest last year.
Christian Duck Chief, 24, faced charges of assaulting a peace officer, resisting arrest, and breach a release condition stemming from an incident on April 1, 2016 where RCMP officers entered his home and broke at least four bones in his head and face during an arrest, and then paraded him naked through their detachment.
Defence lawyer Dale Fedorchuk and his client have both maintained the use of force by officers that night was excessive and that police were