A mourning son says he’s at a loss for words after learning no police officers or civilian guards will be charged in the death of his father, John Ettawakapow, who died in 2019 inside an RCMP holding cell in The Pas, Man.
The news was made public on Wednesday, after Manitoba’s Independent Investigations Unit [IU] released its final report into his death.
A CBC investigation into in-custody deaths last year revealed the 54-year-old was possibly smothered to death in that holding cell by a fellow detainee’s leg after being arrested for public intoxication.
The police watchdog — which investigates all serious incidents involving police —
