Two Indigenous men from Pikangikum First Nation were sentenced following their guilty pleas to charges arising from a riot at the police detachment on June 27, 2015.
The riot began as a peaceful protest over an arrest involving tasering but escalated into violence, with the accused breaking into the detachment and attempting to breach the barracks where officers had retreated.
The court imposed conditional sentences with probation, crediting time served and emphasizing reconciliation and Gladue principles, while acknowledging the systemic social crisis affecting the community.
