Sask. Chief calls for ‘immediate action’ over viral Facebook video
The Chief of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation says the words and actions of a Saskatchewan RCMP officer are entirely inappropriate, and he has asked for immediate action to be taken.
Peter Beatty is responding to a video on Facebook which showed an RCMP officer from the Pelican Narrows detachment telling a woman to F**k off. The officer then pushes the woman to the ground to retrieve a hockey stick she swung at the officer’s RCMP vehicle as it drove away.
“I know it was reactionary on the part of the officer and I don’t know if they get the training for that kind of stuff but my goodness you don’t say those kinds of things regardless of whether these people were intoxicated or not,” Beatty said.
Beatty said he contacted the detachment commander in Pelican Narrows. He said he was assured the matter is under review and is being taken very seriously.