Friends and family of Boden Umpherville may be closer to finding answers on the circumstances surrounding his death.
In April 2023, Umpherville was declared brain dead after having been Tased, pepper sprayed and hit with batons during an arrest by Prince Albert police.
He was taken off life support later that month.
A Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) investigation was opened following the incident and is still ongoing.
Since Umpherville’s death, family member Chase Sinclair has become an advocate for Umpherville’s case.
Sinclair said he’s had hundreds of Indigenous people message him with their own stories of injustice. His Facebook group dedicated to Umpherville’s case has nearly two thousand members.
“We don’t want our people being shot at and killed,” said Sinclair.
“We want to be able to be pulled over without the hairs on their neck standing up and wondering if we’re going to be shot or not, or beat for saying the wrong things.”
Eventually Sinclair wrote to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe asking for transparency regarding the investigation.