FOG BLOG NB JUSTICE LOG: 'NO WRONGDOING BY POLICE OFFICER IN DEATH OF CHANTEL MOORE'- COMMISSION !
No wrongdoing by N.B. officer who killed Chantel Moore, provincial police commission finds....Finding comes after province announced it wouldn't pursue charges against Const. Jeremy Son.....The Edmundston police officer who shot and killed Chantel Moore last June committed no wrongdoing, according to the New Brunswick Police Commission.
The commission finished its investigation into the June 4, 2020, shooting death of Moore, an Indigenous woman from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in British Columbia, and found there was "insufficient evidence" that Const. Jeremy Son breached the Code of Professional Conduct Regulation, commission chair Marc Léger said in a news release Thursday.
The release says the decision and findings of the investigation have been shared with the complainant and police officer, but the report won't be shared publicly. Lawyer T.J. Burke, who represents Moore's family, filed the complaints at the direction of the family.
Moore's killing sparked calls for justice by First Nations communities in New Brunswick and across Canada.
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Moore, who had moved to the northwestern New Brunswick city of Edmundston to be near her mother and daughter, was shot by Son during a wellness check at her apartment. Son alleged he was backed into a corner by Moore, who he said was wielding a knife..
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