Manitoba man likely wouldn’t have died in holding cell if proper procedure was followed: inquest report [Video]

Ettawakapow, 54, died in the cell after being arrested for public intoxication on Oct. 5, 2019, in The Pas, after another inmate’s leg inadvertently rolled onto his neck. 

A five-day inquest into his death was held in June, during which a provincial court judge heard testimony from the officers who arrested Ettawakapow, the civilian guards who were supposed to be monitoring him and the province’s chief medical examiner. 

Security video played at the inquest showed the inmate’s leg stayed on Ettawakapow’s neck for …