Conversations about police accountability must continue, because this injustice to our people can’t go on.
Judith Sayers (Kekinusuqs) is from the Hupacasath First Nation in Port Alberni, B.C. She is president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. SHARES Chantel Moore was shot and killed by a city police officer during a wellness check on June 4, 2020 in New Brunswick. She was the first of three Nuu-chah-nulth people to be shot by police in the last 11 months.
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The unthinkable happened again on Sunday, when another Tla-o-qui-aht/Nuu-chah-nulth person was shot by police on Hitacu, one of Ucluelet Nation’s reserves near Ucluelet, B.C. Thankfully, it was not a fatality. This is the third shooting by police of Tla-oqui-aht members in 11 months.