Comment: Don't blame the Indigenous community for this bad decision

A commentary written on behalf of a group of Indigenous women who are mothers, aunties, sisters and grandmothers to Indigenous children in the Greater Victoria School District, past and present.

The police are a part of our social contract. We have rules and laws. We have institutions that address breaches and dole out consequences.As there is in education, health care, child welfare and governing structures. Why the board has decided to cherry pick by calling out the police is suspect. They cite support from a community group that is not connected to the school district. It is our understanding that the Greater Victoria School District is guided by Four Houses: The Songhees Nation; The Esquimalt Nation; The Métis Nation of Greater Victoria; and the Urban Peoples Indigenous House Advisory. And a District Elders’ Advisory Council.

Police officers are members of our society, members of our community, and many schools have built relationships with them over the years. They visit our schools and drum with our children.

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