Heiltsuk upset VPD officers ditch BMO handcuffing apology ceremony
The Heiltsuk Nation was poised to conduct an apology ceremony Monday, but had to change course when VPD officers didn't show up.
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The Heiltsuk Nation was poised to conduct an apology ceremony Monday, but had to change course when VPD officers didn't show up.
Members of the Vancouver Police Department are expected to take part in an apology ceremony today, October 24, 2022, in an expression of regret for arresting and handcuffing an Indigenous man and his granddaughter when they tried to open a bank account.
The Heiltsuk First Nation says the decision of two Vancouver police officers not to attend an apology ceremony represents a failure of the department as a whole to take accountability for systemic racism.
The Nation and Maxwell Johnson voiced deep disappointment by the officers’ individual decisions not to attend
The Nation and Maxwell Johnson voiced deep disappointment by the officers’ individual decisions not to attend