Alberta91裸聊视频檚 police watchdog says there91裸聊视频檚 no evidence an offence was committed when Mounties tackled a prominent First Nation chief and punched him in the face during an arrest outside a Fort McMurray, Alta., casino in 2020.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team also said in a report released Thursday that there91裸聊视频檚 no evidence of racist treatment by the officers against Allan Adam, who has been chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation for about two decades.

91裸聊视频淎 police officer91裸聊视频檚 use of force, in law, is not to be assessed on a standard of perfection nor using the benefit of hindsight and the opportunity to consider alternatives with the luxury of time,91裸聊视频� ASIRT executive director Michael Ewenson said in the report.

91裸聊视频淯nder these circumstances, the use of force employed 91裸聊视频� was necessary to gain control as quickly as possible to try and maintain the safety of both the officers and others present.91裸聊视频�

The report said a confrontation began on the evening of March 10, 2020, when a lone officer was patrolling the Boomtown Casino91裸聊视频檚 parking lot.

The officer saw a truck with an expired registration, parked behind it, turned on his cruiser91裸聊视频檚 emergency lights, and its dash cam started recording.

The video shows Adam approaching the officer, swearing at him and saying he91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渢ired of being harassed by the RCMP,91裸聊视频� said the report.

The officer repeatedly tells Adam to return to his truck, and the chief gets in the rear passenger side. The officer then approaches a woman in the driver91裸聊视频檚 seat, who is later identified as the chief91裸聊视频檚 wife.

Adam gets out of the truck again, throws down his jacket, takes a ring off his finger and takes a fighting stance, making it 91裸聊视频渃lear that (Adam) was preparing to be physical with the lone officer,91裸聊视频� the report said.

The officer calls for backup.

The woman then gets in between her husband and the officer and, after Adam gets back in the truck, she stands in front of the door, said the report. The officer grabs her arm to arrest her, and she yells. Adam gets out of the truck, pushes the officer91裸聊视频檚 arm away and yells for the officer to leave his wife alone.

The woman gets back in the truck and tries to drive away. The officer blocks the truck and grabs Adam91裸聊视频檚 arm but the chief pulls away, said the report.

A second officer arrives, tackles Adam to the ground and orders the chief not to resist. Adam is punched in the head and put in a chokehold.

Photos were released at the time of Adam91裸聊视频檚 bruised and bloodied face. The report says the chief refused help from paramedics.

Adam was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a peace officer, but the Crown stayed the charges in court a few months later.

The chief said in a statement Thursday that the report shows ASIRT is 91裸聊视频渃ompletely broken91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渄esigned to protect the ability of police to assault and terrorize Indigenous people and other racial minorities.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淎SIRT91裸聊视频檚 suggestion that race did not play a factor in the assault is laughable,91裸聊视频� Adam said. 91裸聊视频淭hese incidents do not occur to wealthy white people in Alberta.91裸聊视频�

A spokesman for the RCMP said it would not be commenting on the report.

After his arrest, Adam told reporters his licence plate had expired, but he 91裸聊视频渇elt the situation with (the officer) could have been easily resolved by simply reminding them to renew the tags and letting them take a taxi home.91裸聊视频�

The chief also said what happened to him was not unusual or shocking, 91裸聊视频渁s it happens every day to Black, brown, low income and Indigenous people across Canada.91裸聊视频�

Ewenson said in the report that the chief91裸聊视频檚 past interactions with police 91裸聊视频渁s well as complaints from his community members that he was privy to, may have given him a different subjective impression of the incident.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淗e is obviously entitled to his personal beliefs. However, there is nothing in the available evidence that documents any overt language or conduct by the subject officers that would suggest racist treatment.91裸聊视频�

The report said audio was also recorded of Adam after he was arrested and sitting in the back of the cruiser. Adam swears, rants about colonization and immigration, and tells police to 91裸聊视频済o back to their own country,91裸聊视频� said the report.

The first officer at the casino, who is South Asian, said in the report that the only person yelling racial slurs was the chief.

91裸聊视频�(The) colour of my skin is brown 91裸聊视频� I conducted that traffic stop based on a very lawful reason, which was the registration was expired,91裸聊视频� said the officer.

Ewenson said the force that Mounties used was reasonable.

The second officer heard screaming in the background when he was paged by the first officer, said the report, and the chief wasn91裸聊视频檛 compliant during the arrest.

It was the punch to the chief91裸聊视频檚 face that 91裸聊视频渓ed (Adam) to cease resisting as much,91裸聊视频� and the officers were able to put him in handcuffs, said the report.

It added the two officers didn91裸聊视频檛 know the chief and had no previous interactions with him.