Inquest into death of Craig McDougall, man shot by Winnipeg police, begins today – CBC

26-year-old was shot by police in August 2008

Aug 08, 2016

An inquest begins today into the death of Craig McDougall, a First Nation man who was shot by Winnipeg police in 2008, with questions about what role systemic racism played in the fatal shooting up for discussion.

McDougall, 26, was shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2008, by officers responding to a disturbance call at a house on Simcoe Street in the city’s West End.

At the time, police said McDougall had refused repeated demands to drop a knife, and officers had to use a firearm after they could not subdue him with a Taser stun gun.

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