Some of the people who died in the stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation last month were killed because they were trying to help others, RCMP say.
Residents put themselves at risk and in some cases paid with their lives for simply trying to protect others in their community, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told The Canadian Press in a recent interview.
“I think of that saying ‘Not all heroes wear capes.’ I learned that some heroes wear moccasins because we saw that at James Smith. Protecting people just because that was the right thing to do,” Blackmore said.
“They didn’t think of their own safety. And they put themselves in harm’s way.”…