![]() ![]() "The TNG has long called for the RCMP, specifically in Williams Lake, to overhaul their training to include cultural sensitivity in order to be better equipped to handle the diverse needs of Indigenous peoples. "As of the morning of October 3rd, the immediate family has received no information as to what happened to their son," they said in a statement. The Tŝilhqot'in National Government (TNG) and the Yuneŝit'in Government, a subgroup of the Tŝilhqot'in First Nation, are demanding an explanation. is looking into the in-custody death to see what role police action or inaction may have played in the incident. ![]() Mounties say the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. Surrance Myers, 21, a member of the Tŝilhqot'in First Nation, died Saturday around 4:50 a.m., more than four hours after the police stopped his moped, arrested him and put him in cells at the local RCMP detachment, according to a police statement. First Nations leaders in B.C.'s Cariboo region are asking RCMP to explain the death of a young Indigenous man while in custody at the Williams Lake RCMP detachment. ![]()
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