The recent fatal shooting of an Indigenous man by a New Brunswick Mountie offers a chilling reminder of two separate incidents in 2020 when police officers in the province fatally shot Indigenous people in distress.
On the night of June 12, 2020, RCMP officers in eastern New Brunswick responded to a complaint about an “unwanted person” at a home near Metepenagiag.
At the time, the Mounties said the man was carrying knives and there were several failed bids to subdue him with a stun gun. That’s when 48-year-old Rodney Levi was fatally shot by an officer.
Police were told Levi was attending a barbecue, where he had planned to seek guidance from a church minister. He was described as a troubled man with mental health challenges.
On June 4, 2020, 26-year-old Chantel Moore was shot by …