Man who claimed police racial profiling wants answers from Regina mayor

Simon Ash-Moccasin hand delivered a letter to Regina City Hall Monday, asking for a meeting with Mayor Michael Fougere. The letter concerns the 41-year-old's arrest by Regina police in December 2014.

"I was racially profiled. I was illegally detained. I was physically assaulted. This goes on out there on the streets of Regina. This needs to stop," said Ash-Moccasin.

Ash-Moccasin said he wants to meet with Fougere because the mayor chairs the Regina Board of Police Commissioners.

A year ago, Simon Ash-Moccasin was arrested by police. They said he fit the description of a man they were looking for but they got the wrong man.

Ash-Moccasin complained, and recently, the Public Complaints Commission ruled police went too far in physically handling him. Police apologized but said race did not play a part in the mistaken arrest. 

• Regina officers 'went too far' but did not racially profile Simon Ash-Moccasin: Public Complaints Commission

Chief Troy Hagen said the force is training its members to prevent a similar incident.

But Ash-Moccasin said the Public Complaints Commission report found he didn't match the description of the man police were looking for, only that both men were indigenous.

Ash-Moccasin also said there has been no disciplinary action take against the officers who arrested him.

Now that his claim of mistreatment by police has been validated, Ash-Moccasin said he wants to meet with Fougere to have what he's calling "an honest discussion about issues of racism and accountability in the Regina Police Force."

Fougere didn't personally receive the letter today, but a city hall official assured Ash-Moccasin that the letter would eventually get to Fougere's desk.