Alberta’s premier spoke to calls for an outside, independent investigation into the death of Jon Wells during an incident involving Calgary police last week.

Wells, a 42-year-old Blood Tribe man, died following a confrontation with three officers at the Carriage House Inn on Sept. 17.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the officers’ use of force.

  • @[email protected]OP
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    162 months ago

    “We need to take a closer look, to see if there’s anything more we can do,” she said.

    No, you don’t need a ‘closer look’. You do need to get off your political ass and do something about cops murdering First Nations people like it’s 1850.

    • @TheFeatureCreature
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      122 months ago

      It’s politician-speak for “Lie and distract until the heat dies down and then sweep this under the rug and move on”.