Prosecutors on April 5 suspended criminal proceedings against two Prince George RCMP officers suspected of murdering Indigenous man Dale Culver in 2017. Then he announced. Culver got into a scuffle with police in downtown Prince George on July 18, 2017, after they received a report of a suspicious man looking into cars. Officers Paul Saint-Marie and Jean-François Manette allegedly punched and kicked him.
Culver died 29 minutes later.
The cause of death was initially thought to be blunt force trauma, but a pathologist determined it was a heart attack caused by methamphetamine use. The BC Prosecution Service said in a statement that although the scuffle with police worsened his condition, Culver could have died at any time, and suffered fatal injuries to his body.
There was no such thing. In response, prosecutors suspended criminal proceedings against the two police officers. If it is not restarted within one year, it will be considered cancelled. Meanwhile, Culver’s family, supporters, and civil society groups have voiced condemnation and protests.