Leonard Cler-Cunningham's website lists the names of almost 50 Indigenous people who have died in custody since the 1960s.
The B.C.’s government’s alleged unwillingness to release information on the deaths of Indigenous people while in police custody is a problem that needs to end, a new report says.
Cler-Cunningham’s website of the same name lists the names of almost 50 Indigenous people who have died in custody dating back to the 1960s. He says he’s been trying to get information on those cases. However, he’s hitting dead ends because, he said, authorities are deeming release of the information not to be in the public interest.
Cler-Cunningham also noted a 2007 audit of deaths by former B.C. Supreme Court Justice Josiah Wood, entitled Report of the Review of the Police Complaint Process in British Columbia. Cler-Cunningham adding: “Race appearing to have a role in the outcome and determination of the cause of death raises obviously troubling questions.”
Police and coroner BC Coroners Service spokesperson Ryan Panton said all police custody deaths must be reported to his agency. “There is already a significant system of police oversight in British Columbia, which includes the Independent Investigations Office, the Office of the B.C. Complaint Commissioner, the BC Coroners Service, and the BC Prosecution Service,” Visintin said.
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