Overview

• The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) concluded that RCMP officers acted lawfully in the 2020 arrest of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam.
• Dashcam footage showed an officer tackling Adam to the ground, punching him, and placing him in a chokehold during the arrest, which began over an expired licence plate.
• ASIRT found no evidence of racist treatment in the incident, despite Adam's claims that he was targeted due to his Indigenous background.
• Adam initially faced charges of resisting arrest and assaulting an officer, but those charges were later dropped by Alberta's attorney general.
• Critics, including Adam's former lawyer, argue the findings undermine trust in police accountability and highlight the need for independent investigations of law enforcement.