Shooting of Chantel Moore

On June 4, 2020, Chantel Moore, an Indigenous Canadian woman, was shot and killed by Edmundston, New Brunswick police, who were called to perform a wellness check on her. Moore's death drew national attention and outrage. 
Moore was a member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and had recently moved to New Brunswick to be closer to her six-year-old daughter, who was living with Moore’s mother. The wellness check was asked for by Moore's boyfriend in Toronto, who was worried Moore was being harassed. Police alleged that Moore had a knife and "threatened an officer", who then fired five times, killing Moore. However, investigators have not released details of the nature of the alleged threat and Edmundston police officers do not wear body cameras. The officer did not attempt to use non-lethal force, a decision that was questioned by Moore's family, who raised concerns about the officer firing five times to stop a woman of small stature alleged to be armed with a knife. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller commented "I don't understand how someone dies during a wellness check." 
An investigation was initiated into the incident by Quebec's police investigation agency; however, Indigenous leaders have called for an independent public investigation into her death. The killing occurred just over a week after the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, an Indigenous-black woman, and caused scrutiny to be raised over Canadian police's capability to de-escalate situations involving mental health crisis. Indigenous leaders, Moore's grandmother, and Minister Miller linked the killing to systemic racism of Indigenous people by Canadian police. Though Indigenous peoples make up 5 percent of Canada’s population, 36 percent of people shot to death by RCMP officers over a 10-year period were Indigenous. In the aftermath of the killing, the chiefs of a coalition of Maliseet First Nations called for an independent probe of the New Brunswick justice system to address systemic discrimination against Indigenous people. Rallies, protests, and healing walks were held across Canada to call for justice for Moore. Eight days after the shooting of Moore, a second Indigenous person, Rodney Levi, was killed by police in New Brunswick. Both deaths led to Premier Blaine Higgs deciding not to proceed with proposed legislation to increase the emergency powers of the police.