Mathieu Boudreau News Today

5 B.C. RCMP officers were charged Wednesday in connection to the death of an Indigenous man

5 B.C. RCMP officers were charged Wednesday in connection to the death of an Indigenous man

Here is a list of some Canadian police officers who have faced murder or manslaughter charges related to deaths while on duty.

Two RCMP officers have been charged with manslaughter in the death of an Indigenous man in Prince George, B.C., while three of their fellow Mounties face attempting to obstruct justice charges.

5 B.C. RCMP officers were charged Wednesday in connection to the death of an Indigenous man

A man has been arrested and police are investigating following a break-and-enter at a radio station in Bathurst, N.B.

  BATHURST, N.B. -- A coroners inquest in northern New Brunswick is recommending that plainclothes police officers and their unmarked vehicles be easier to identify during interventions. The five-member coroners jury released its recommendations Thursday following an investigation into the police-involved killing of Michel Vienneau on Jan. 12, 2015. Vienneau was shot and killed by Bathurst, N.B., police after they responded to an erroneous Crime Stoppers tip suggesting the 51-year-old bus...

Sutton said what he remembered hearing was something like, "Stop, stop, dont move, stay right there." At first, he said, he didnt realize the men surrounding Vienneaus car with guns drawn were police.  "I actually thought it was some kind of gang war or something," he said. One of the people was "pretty rough-looking," said Sutton. Sutton turned away briefly to put some distance between himself and what seemed a dangerous situation. Then his fellow engineer called his name so he looked back an...

The next thing she knew, she said, it seemed like they were being accosted by terrorists. Two men with firearms got out of a vehicle in front of them. She saw no indication they were police officers and she heard a gunshot. Based on previous testimony, those men were Const. Patrick Bulger and Const. Mathieu Boudreau. Basque said Vienneau pushed her head down under the dash and told her to get down. She felt the car turning left and told Vienneau to step on it. Annick Basque, Michel Vienneau’s...

Il croyait au départ qu’il s’agissait d’une confrontation entre individus ou gangs criminels.