RCMP will not say whether a conduct investigation will be launched into two Yellowknife officers who were earlier facing charges for assaulting an Indigenous woman in custody. The charges were stayed in June.
An Alberta based lawyer advocating for reform around police prosecution said the prosecutor owes the public an explanation for why assault charges for two Yellowknife RCMP officers were suddenly stayed during their trial in territorial court this week.
On Tuesday, the second day of the assault trial of two Yellowknife RCMP officers, a second witness testified he never felt the prisoner posed a threat. "She wasn't going to go anywhere," says Const. Nicholas Alpaugh.
The first witness in the assault trial of two Yellowknife RCMP officers told the court Monday that he saw one of them punch a prisoner in the head while she was being searched.