By Brittany Hobson First Nations leadership and the family of a First Nations girl fatally shot by Winnipeg police are renewing calls for a public inquiry into police-related deaths of Indigenous people. Eishia Hudson was shot on April 8, 2020, after police responded to reports of a liquor store robbery and chased a stolen Jeep. Police have said the stolen vehicle “rammed” into a police cruiser and hit other cars during the pursuit before shots were fired. An inquest into the 16-year-old’s death, which concluded on Friday, heard an officer fired two shots at Eishia because he believed the lives of fellow officers were in danger. William Hudson, Eishia’s father, is pushing for the province to call a public inquiry to examine the broader issue of police-related deaths and how…
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