FNLC supports B.C. mom’s call for state of emergency over Indigenous police violence – Fernie BC News
October 31, 2024
First Nations Leadership Council calls for state of emergency after B.C. rejects demands to reconsider Jared Lowndes ruling
B.C.’s First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) announced its full support for Laura Holland, whose son was killed in Campbell River, and other Indigenous families around the province in their demands for a nationwide state of emergency.
Holland, a Wet’suswet’en woman, was part of a contingent of nine First Nations families who had a family member killed by law enforcement agencies who gathered at Parliament Hill on Oct. 22. Holland’s son, Jared Lowndes, was shot and killed by Campbell River RCMP on July 8, 2021.
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The Lowndes shooting was investigated by B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office (IIO). The IIO recommended charges against three officers involved, but on April 23, 2024 the B.C. Prosecution Service concluded there was not enough evidence.
