Vancouver mayor says BMO misled police in arrest of Indigenous man, granddaughter

By Mike Howell / Vancouver Courier
Vancouver Police Board to review Dec. 20 incident at downtown bank

MAYOR KENNEDY STEWART is accusing the branch of a major Canadian bank of misleading Vancouver police in a 911 call that led to an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter being handcuffed last month. “I felt sick when I first heard about this incident and I find it unacceptable that the Bank of Montreal turned what should have been a positive occasion into one that reinforces our colonial past,” said Stewart in a statement issued Jan. 13.…

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