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Absolutely disgusting. How does this go on for 10+ years without anyone doing anything about it?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle26934766/

Quebec provincial police have nearly completed a five-month internal investigation into eight officers accused of abuses against indigenous people, and say they will soon send the files to the Crown for possible criminal charges.

The Sûreté du Québec launched a probe into officers at its Val-d’Or detachment in May, after 12 aboriginals – mostly women – came forward with allegations of abuse of power as well as sexual and physical abuse dating between 2002 and 2015, spokeswoman Sergeant Martine Asselin said. All of the officers, including at least one woman, have been questioned and remain on duty, she said. In the coming weeks, the files will be provided to the Crown for potential prosecution.

Several of the aboriginal women gave their accounts to CBC’s French service, Radio-Canada, and some went on to file formal complaints. According to the program Enquête, the women alleged a long-standing pattern of officers picking up women, driving them to remote areas and then leaving them there to walk back. Some women alleged physical assault and sexual abuse, with one saying she was paid to perform sex acts – at times in exchange for cocaine.

“We went to a road in the woods and that’s where they would ask me to perform fellatio,” Bianca Moushoun told the program. The officers, whom she said offered her beer from their trunk, would allegedly pay her $100 for the sex act and $100 in hush money. “They were in uniform, with their guns,” she said. “They have the power. They have the badge.”

And this is why I don't believe it's on aboriginals to "move forward" or to "forgive the past." When this type of crap is as systemic and widespread as it is, and still ongoing, it's ridiculous to expect people to just get over it.

Allegations about aboriginal women being abused and mistreated by police have surfaced across the country over the years. Human Rights Watch released a scathing 2013 report detailing allegations against the RCMP in northern B.C. regarding the abuse of aboriginal women, including rape and an unwarranted attack by a police dog.

These kinds of accusations, indigenous leaders say, feed into the historic mistrust of law enforcement and underscore the need for a national inquiry into Canada’s more than 1,181 missing and murdered aboriginal women. Prime-minister-designate Justin Trudeau said earlier this week his Liberal government would move forward “quickly” with an inquiry.