Indigenous leaders urge investigation into restraint incident at Winnipeg’s Marlborough Hotel – Daily Guardian

23 January 2024

Indigenous leaders in Manitoba are urging a further investigation into the restraint of a woman at Winnipeg’s Marlborough Hotel.

A video showing a First Nations woman in distress with her hands restrained behind her back in the lobby of the hotel on Christmas Day has leaders calling for change.

Police say the staff at the hotel had restrained the woman after she attempted to stab a staff member with a knife.

But Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southern Chiefs Organization says many questions remain about how the situation escalated.

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