N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman leads to questions on ‘wellness checks’
“A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia who was fatally shot by police in northwestern New Brunswick was remembered Friday as a caring person as questions were raised about police conduct of so-called “wellness checks.”
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A Halifax-based group Women’s Wellness Within said it should not be the police who are sent to check on people’s well-being, noting that studies have shown that the victims of many such police shootings are in mental distress.
The group is one of many calling for the “defunding” of police, and redirecting funding towards mental health services.
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