The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on politicians of all stripes to support a national inquiry into systemic racism in policing and police-related deaths of First Nations people, calling it a human rights issue that requires commitment from all leaders.

SA国际影视传媒淔or too long, First Nations people have been subjected to colonial police violence in Canada. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 not acceptable for First Nations people, and I donSA国际影视传媒檛 believe this is acceptable to other Canadians either,SA国际影视传媒� Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said with two mothers directly touched by the issue standing behind her.

A resolution passed by consensus at a special chiefs assembly Tuesday says despite 20 individual inquiries and commissions into the police and justice system since 1989, the federal government has failed to make substantive changes to address systemic racism within the and other agencies.

The resolution came after a string of incidents between Aug. 29 and Sept. 24 that left nine First Nations people dead during or after interactions with police.

SA国际影视传媒淭he investigations into the recent deaths of First Nations people after interacting with police are being conducted in isolation of each other, which is not drawing conclusions as one interrelated epidemic,SA国际影视传媒� the resolution says.

The assembly voted for one national inquiry, along with the establishment of a national crisis intervention. It also called for the demilitarization of police forces, which would stop police officers from using military-style tactics and equipment.

Edith Wells, the mother of Jon Wells who died after interacting with police in Calgary in September, said itSA国际影视传媒檚 an incredibly difficult issue to speak about. She said she needed to stand up and help his voice be heard.

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A small piece of justice, they say, is the national inquiry.

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SA国际影视传媒擝y Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press