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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, speaking during a news conference Friday in Ottawa, said he's "outraged" by the continuing pattern of police violence against Indigenous people in Canada.
"I don't understand how someone dies during a wellness check," Miller said about Moore's death, adding when he first heard about it he thought it was some kind of a morbid joke.
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Comments like this, from a federal minister no less, don't add any sort of value. Pretty clear that his mind is made up that this is a case of police violence against an indigenous person and he even admits he doesn't know how any of it happened, but has decided to make a judgement anyways. Curious how his first reaction to being told one of the people he represents was killed is to assume it's a joke.
I guess one of his colleagues didn't want to be outdone and decided that this is an issue of indigenous women being able to be safe wherever they were, with a few other gender identities tossed in. Again, with no knowledge of the situation.
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Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett tweeted Thursday that her heart is with Moore's family, friends and community.
"Another Indigenous woman is no longer with us," Bennett wrote. "Significant work remains to ensure that all Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender diverse people have access to the supports they need and can walk safely, wherever they live."
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Two federal ministers, both with their minds made up before any sort of investigation, making comments that will do nothing but inflame.