—@BillBlairAdam is facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting police, and RCMP say the officers needed to use force during the arrest. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says in a tweet that he's spoken twice with Adam this weekend, and that he was disturbed by what the chief told him. Two citizens filmed a March 10, 2020 arrest during which Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam says Wood Buffalo RCMP officers assaulted him. "Every time our people do wrong ... (the RCMP) always seem to use excessive force and that has to stop," Adam told reporters Saturday. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam says RCMP beat and arrested him earlier this year when officers stopped him over his truck's registration.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2020 13:52 UTC