He was accused (wrongly) of stealing a Powerade, so cops saw fit to break his rib and one of his fingers. Then the SIU didn’t even investigate AND won’t say why.

Who the fuck is in charge here??? 'Cause whoever it is deserves a long jail sentence for dereliction of duty.

edit - And fuck Lowes for either not training their obviously racist staff properly or actually being a racist company itself.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Kyle Dodds were each charged in May 2021 with assault causing bodily harm in the arrest of Mario Baptiste Jr., 38, a gas station owner from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, located on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario.

Fyke’s call to police dispatch to take up the case led to the arrest at a Taco Bell of Baptiste Jr., who had purchased $33 worth of garbage bags and paper towels at the hardware store.

Stan Jolly, a retired civil servant and former senior adviser on Indigenous justice issues with Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General, said in an interview with CBC News he worries that the SIU’s delayed investigation may have harmed the case.

Kristy Denette, a spokesperson for the SIU, told CBC News the agency would not answer any questions on its handling of the case or why it chose to not immediately open an investigation until the conclusion of the trial.

Central to the Crown’s case before Justice Patrick Hurley is about 40 minutes of security video from inside and outside the Taco Bell where Fyke and Smith allegedly assaulted Baptiste Jr.

The video — along with testimony from Baptiste Jr., Fyke and Smith and other evidence submitted during the trial — helps construct the narrative around a Friday night in Belleville when lives became forever altered after intersecting at a Lowe’s hardware store.

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