Tension between Blood tribe and police is up, says Chief Fox

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Tension has increased between Lethbridge city police and the Blood tribe since last spring's shooting of a Blood man, Chief Roy Fox has told a provincial inquiry. A Lethbridge police officer shot Chester Heavy Runner Jr. on a downtown Lethbridge street last April.

"It's going to be a long time before the people of the Blood tribe can begin the process of trying to establish some sort of communication, some sort of positive understanding in terms of the two groups having any type of relationship, if we can get past this incident," said Fox, who was testifying before Provincial Court Judge Carl Rolf, who is investigating strained relations between police and the Blood Indian tribe.