The grand chief of the Innu Nation says the violent arrest of an Indigenous man in Labrador caught on camera highlights the need for a First Nation-led police force in the region. Jodie Ashini said a video posted on social media on Wednesday of three RCMP officers arresting the man in the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation, a community of 1,300 about 30 kilometres north of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, was difficult to watch. It appears to show one officer repeatedly punching the man in the head before triggering a stun gun several times. She said the video shows officers using excessive force. “He had three people on him,” Ashini said in an interview Thursday. “He was getting punched repeatedly.” The video, which has been shared online thousands of times, appears to…
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