Indigenous grandfather and 12-year-old handcuffed in front of Vancouver bank after trying to open an

[rpannier]

account

He's been a customer since 2014 and wanted to open an account for his 12-year-old granddaughter so he could transfer funds to her electronically when she was on the road for basketball games.

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"She said the numbers didn't match up what she had on her computer," Johnson said from his home in Bella Bella, a Heiltsuk community located on B.C's Central Coast.

Johnson, 56, and his granddaughter were using government-issued Indian Status cards, his birth certificate and her medical card. He said the employee became suspicious and went upstairs with their cards.

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He says the employee then told them to come upstairs to retrieve their identification. Not long after, they saw police walking toward them.

"They came over and grabbed me and my granddaughter, took us to a police vehicle and handcuffed both of us, told us we were being detained and read us our rights," Johnson said.

link
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-girl-grandfather-handcuffed-bank-1.5419519

[DFW]

1. I'll bet the Canadians will not take kindly to their banks and cops training in Alabama

--0r finding out that some of their people of authority seem to appreciate Trump over Trudeau.

Canada's rep took a BIG hit with this, even if it is only a minor incident perpetrated by one sicko employee at one bank branch. The fact remains that the cops were summoned without objection by any of the bank's superiors, and handcuffed the two innocent customers and hauled them to the police station without questioning the legitimacy of their action. The bank employee isn't the only one deserving of an application for immediate unemployment assistance.

[scarletwoman]

8. I don't know about that. Canadians have a longstanding reputation for anti-Native bigotry.

This incident does not surprise me.

[vsrazdem]

2. Sad to see Canada becoming Trumpified.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. 'Twas ever thus.

Canada hasn't been exactly great to its indigenous populations.

[lunasun]

6. ++No it has not .

[lpbk2713]

4. They humiliated the man in the presence of his granddaughter.

I'd own the effen** place.




**With deference to recent posts re the use of profanity.

[rpannier]

5. They humiliated the girl

Handcuffing a 9 year-old.
Especially one that wasn't fighting with or kicking the police
They ought to be reassigned to some place where there is only them and the arctic frost

[Karadeniz]

7. So disgusted with this ongoing hate