Trial: cop vs homeless Inuk

The Gazette’s Jesse Feith tells in some detail about the trial of an SPVM police officer for an apparently unprovoked push of a homeless Inuk man that resulted in a fall and a skull fracture. The incident happened in 2022.

The account says that Johnny Inukpak Tukalak stood 5’2″, weighed 120 lbs. and was unarmed, but police officer Williams Bélanger maintains that he felt he was at risk.

The judge’s decision is not expected till later.

Sadly, Tukalak died of an overdose last year.