Two years after her daughter was killed by police during a wellness check, Martha Martin is determined to work on a mission of justice and police reform.
Chantel Moore's deadly shooting "awakened the country," she explained, she explained that she was racist and indigenous women in justice and police. Attention was paid to the danger of violence against. Girls and two-spirit people.
"You may have silenced my daughter, but I will continue to be the voice of each and every one of her and those who died," Martin said on Monday. First Nations plenary session said NationsAnnual meeting in Vancouver.
"I'm so tired of hearing the recommendations after the recommendations and I don't see any action."
Read more:N.B. police killing of an indigenous woman, chief demands systematic racist investigation April 2020, after heading towards him with a knife during a wellness check .. The Tla-o-qui-aht woman had just moved from Port Alberni, British Columbia. She approaches her daughter in northwestern New Brunswick.
Last month, a jury in a shooting by a New Brunswick coronerdetermined her death to be a murderHowever, a New Brunswick Police Commission investigation previously found her. Was removing cheating from the police officer who killed him. And she will not be prosecuted against him.
"Where are we going when people who are supposed to help us are killing us?" At a press conference on Monday, AFN's Women's Council Chairman. I asked Secretary Constance Big Eagle.
AFN members are 2 at the Annual Meeting Submit two resolutions. Tuesday rally.
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First call for support for Moore's family and a national survey of missing and murdered indigenous women Implementation of 231 Calls for Justice Girls (MMIWG). Second, we seek sustainable funding and accountability support for the implementation of these appeals.
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"This call shows that the foundation of change is to establish the right relationships. We can't wait for a new relationship to come five to ten years from now, "said w̓úm̓xλaqs Louisa Housty-Jones, British Columbia Women's Representative. AFN.
"Society needs to agree on the fact that colonial systems and policies and justice are functioning as designed — helping to destroy indigenous peoples' governance, culture and family systems. We from our territory as a tool to remove. "
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St. Mary's First Nations Sacom (Chief) Alampor Cheese Jr. and Olomokto First Nations Chief Shelley Sabatis join Martin, Husty Jones and Big Eagle, New Brunswick Brunswick demanded major police reforms in the state.
They demanded stricter rules for processing evidence and stricter crime scene protocols, including police attendance at the scene of incidents involving police officers. They also sought a liaison to communicate with families and communities with which indigenous peoples were involved.
They N.B. The government also initiates a public inquiry into systematic racism against indigenous peoples in criminal justice and police. After Moore's death, Prime Minister Blaine Higgs said he could reject multiple calls for such an investigation and implement existing reports and existing recommendations on discrimination against indigenous peoples.
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Martin is currently raising Moore's daughter Gracie, who is eight years old. She said she wants her grandchildren to grow in a world free of racism and violence.
"She hears a siren, the girl hides under the table. Say it's normal for an 8-year-old kid. She looks at the policeman and behind you. She trembles, "Martin said in tears.
"When they say service and protection, do they really serve and protect? It feels like a lot of service and protection of themselves."
Read more: Chantel Moore's jury determined her death to be murder
Immediately after Moore was killed Martin's 23-year-old son, Mike Martin, committed suicide in police detention in Sally, British Columbia. Martin said he remains "heartily" committed to changing the system of repeatedly failing indigenous peoples.
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"There is always a way. We never get stuck," she repeatedly insists, on a large scale. He said that police reforms were too complicated and too expensive to implement.
Housty-Jones repeated Martin's comments, including states including British Columbia. — The reform recommendation is “wealthy,” but there are few indications of it. She said police and government must overcome the "lack of systematic will that leads to violence."
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