And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes:
RESERVE SHOOTING INQUIRY RESUMES
CBC News, WebPosted Tue Mar 23 12:49:48 1999
[S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased
or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context.
It is provided for reference only.]
TSUU T'INA RESERVE, ALBERTA - An inquiry into the RCMP shooting of a
mother and her son on an Alberta reserve is hearing today from the victim's
brother-in-law.
One year ago Connie Jacobs and her nine-year-old son Ty were shot and
killed by an RCMP officer. It happened at their home on the Tsuu T'ina
reserve, west of Calgary. Social workers had tried to remove six children
from the home after a domestic dispute. Jacobs waved a rifle at them, and
witnesses say she fired at RCMP Const. Dave Voller, who fired back, hitting
Jacobs and her son.
Harry Jacobs told the inquiry today that he and Jacobs' husband Hardy
found the gun Connie Jacobs was holding on the reserve. He said Hardy hid
it in his basement and told Harry not to tell Connie or the children where
the gun was.
Jacobs said the gun was hidden behind a blanket on an electrical panel,
about eight feet from the floor. He said anyone six feet tall could reach
it with their feet on their floor.
The provincial inquiry began seven weeks ago and is headed by aboriginal
judge Thomas Goodson. The underlying questions include whether racism
played a role in the shooting, why it took the RCMP emergency team nearly
four hours to get in the house and if police tampered with evidence.
A private memorial service was held on the reserve yesterday to mark the
first anniversary of the shooting.
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"In the last 20 years in Canada, more than half of all the people who have
died violently at the hands of the RCMP officers have been aboriginal." --
Canadian Press, February 1, 1999: 'Inquiry into RCMP' by Carol Harrington
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