Matawa chiefs demand better homicide investigation results – Tbnewswatch.com
First Nation leaders said the recent Thunder Bay deaths of 17-year-old Braiden Jacob and Jordan Wabasse, whose body was pulled from the Kaministiquia River in 2011, spurred their call, on the eve of the release of the OIPRD report into systemic racism within the department.
THUNDER BAY – On the eve a report looking into systemic racism within the Thunder Bay Police Service, Matawa First Nations chiefs are demanding the department make dramatic improvements in the way it solves homicide cases.
Citing the death this past weekend of 17-year-old Braiden Jacob and the 2011 death of 15-year-old Jordan Wabasse, the chiefs say they plan to meet on Wednesday with TBPS Chief Sylvie Hauth, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Police Services acting Chief Rolland Morrison and Thunder Bay Mayor Bill Mauro ahead of the report’s release.
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