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Indigenous people living in Thunder Bay, Ont., are speaking out about recent encounters with city police they are characterizing as police brutality, and they’re calling for the violence to stop.
Among those speaking out is John Semerling, 61, a Métis man from Thunder Bay.
On Wednesday, TBPS Const. Ryan Dougherty was charged by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) with one count of assault causing bodily harm to Semerling.
“I’m looking for the Thunder Bay police to fire him. He should not be in any kind of authority position,” Semerling said in an
