No charges against officers in arrest of prominent Alberta First Nations chief

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Alberta’s police watchdog says there’s no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties used force to arrest Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 2020.

No evidence of racist treatment against Allan Adam, says ASIRT

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Police arrest a man outside of a casino.
RCMP dash-cam footage of the March arrest of Fort Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam shows an arriving officer jump-tackling the chief to the ground without warning, punching him in the head and putting him in a chokehold. (Court exhibit)

Alberta’s police watchdog says there’s no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties used force to arrest Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 2020.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team also says there’s no evidence of racist treatment against Adam.

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