Eishia Hudson: Police and Garrison Settee

eishia hudson: While some have been calling for funding to be redirected to community organizations, the Grand Chief of Manitoba's northern First Nations thinks police policies need to change, according to CTV. You can tell there's a breakdown in the system and the larger picture needs to be changed because our people are dying, said Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee. Momentum has been growing across Canada for communities to defund or abolish their police services in the wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis. Settee pointed to the deaths of three Indigenous people, including 16-year-old Eishia Hudson, who've been shot and killed this year in encounters with Winnipeg police. Settee said their deaths highlight the need for change. Manitoba's police oversight agency, the Independent Investigation Unit, is investigating the circumstances surrounding Hudson's death and the shooting deaths of Jason Collins, 36, and Stewart Andrews, 22. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.