The leader of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says she is disappointed in Thursday's decision to acquit an RCMP officer of assaulting a First Nations man in 2019.
Prosecutors failed to persuade a judge to convict an RCMP officer accused of assaulting a northern Manitoba man outside a hotel bar more than 3½ years ago.
THOMPSON, Man. An RCMP officer who punched a man while leaving a bar, causing a severe cut to his head, has been acquitted of assault causing bodily harm.