Continually targeted’: Indigenous Winnipeggers share experiences of harassment by security – CBC

Mar 03, 2026

Dollar-store beating caught on video not an isolated incident, say leaders, protesters

Some Indigenous leaders and community members say a shocking video of a security guard punching, kicking and threatening a man in a downtown Winnipeg Dollarama store is just another example of how Indigenous people are “continually targeted” while shopping in the city.

The video, which was posted to Facebook on Saturday afternoon and circulated online over the weekend, shows a guard straddling a man lying on the floor, while punching him and threatening to kill him.

At one point it appears that the guard uses a metal object to strike the man. Later on, the guard stands up and slams the man down against the floor, before kicking him.

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