A 15-year-old Indigenous boy killed by RCMP in Wetaskiwin, Alta., last week handed a machete and a knife over to police and had run into a field before officers opened fire, Alberta’s policing watchdog said Thursday.

In a statement, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) provided new details on the final moments leading to the death of Hoss Lightning from Samson Cree Nation.

Lightning died last Friday. According to RCMP, the teen called 911 and told a dispatcher he was being followed by people trying to kill him.

  • veee@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Bit of a sidenote, but when did the shorthand for Alberta become “Alta”? “AB” is right there and is shorter.

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      It was the old form. Other than BC, the old postal short forms were 3 or 4 letters.

      BC

      Alta

      Sask

      Man

      Ont

      Que

      NB

      NS

      PEI

      Nfld

      The 2-letter acronyms came up from the United States relatively recently.

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      3 months ago

      My mom has always written Alta when addressing mail. I wonder if it’s an older convention that’s still clinging on for some people. I’ve used AB my whole life.

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        3 months ago

        That’s interesting if it’s an older convention. I don’t normally read Alberta-focused literature, so it comes up for me a lot less.

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          I’m in my mid 60’s … so back when I was growing up in Saskabush, in the pre-postal code era, almost every province was shortened to the first few letters of its name, ie: Alta, Sask, Man, Nfld, etc.

          After the introduction of postal codes it changed to the two letter designation.

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            3 months ago

            I’m familiar with the others, but the Alberta one stands out the most to me as odd. Still fascinating though.

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    3 months ago

    The teen handed over his weapons, ran away, and the cops shot him to death.

    Fucking assholes.

    ACAB