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Posted: Apr 20, 2021 2:34 PM CT | Last Updated: April 20
Annette Custer, 30, identified herself publicly for the first time Tuesday as the person involved in a violent arrest at a Saskatoon FreshCo last week, when she was pinned to the ground by a FreshCo security guard.(Chanss Lagaden/CBC)
Annette Custer, who identified herself Tuesday as the woman involved in a videotaped incident where she was pinned to the ground by a Saskatoon FreshCo security guard, had her dignity stripped from her, says a lawyer representing the Indigenous woman. Too often … this type of treatment of Indigenous people, especially Indigenous women, goes unnoticed, said Michael Seed, legal counsel for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. It gets routed into the shadows and gets forgotten.
Nothing justifies this level of force, lawyer says following FreshCo parking lot incident Annette Custer appeared publicly for the first time following her violent apprehension in a FreshCo parking lot last week.
Author of the article: Thia James
Publishing date: Apr 20, 2021 • 14 minutes ago • 3 minute read • Annette Custer leaves the stage at a press conference held at Dakota Dunes Resort after a video of her being confronted physically by a FreshCo security guard was made public. Photo taken on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Photo by Matt Smith /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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The trauma Annette Custer experienced as the result of a physical altercation with a grocery store security guard “will impact her for the rest of her life,” says a lawyer hired to represent the Indigenous woman.