Reitberger: Celina Reitberger and Police

reitberger: But Indigenous advocates say police discrimination against First Nations, Métis and Inuit people extends far beyond death and disappearance investigations and even echoes some of the allegations of police racism raised by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Celina Reitberger, head of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services, says there are many good police officers, but there are 'rotten apples in every bunch.' "The Black Lives Matter activities definitely resonate with Aboriginals here in Canada," said Celina Reitberger, head of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services, which serves dozens of First Nations across northern Ontario, according to CBC. Cases involving police use of force against Indigenous people in Canada tend to involve assaults, Reitberger said, but not deaths like in the U.S."We're not talking people getting shot so much, but we are talking about physical abuse," she said. "Broken bones, faces rearranged." 'A scary position'Harley LeGarde-Beacham, 25, a member of Fort William First Nation, recalls a run-in he had with police while attending a house party in Thunder Bay a few years ago. The news comes as many people across the country continue to call on the newly established Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women inquiry to examine whether police forces under-investigated the deaths and disappearances of hundreds of women. Police were called after a fight broke out, in which he was not involved, he said. The officers said he was resisting and pulled him up some stairs and outside, he said."Once I got outside, they had thrown me on the ground, and I was against the cold cement, and I just remember a knee on top of my back," he said. "They were holding me down, and I ... kept telling them, 'I'm not trying to be resistant or anything. It was winter, so he stayed inside to look for his jacket. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.