Charges dropped against Aboriginal chief in violent arrest

Charges against a Canadian Aboriginal chief were dropped Wednesday at a hearing that followed the release of police dashcam video that showed an officer tackling and punching him. Alberta Justice spokeswoman Carla Jones said in a statement the prosecution reassessed the available evidence and withdrew the charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a peace officer against Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Royal Canadian Mounted Police dashcam footage showing Adam’s arrest, made public as part of a defense application to drop the charges, caused widespread public outrage and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it “shocking.”

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