Inquest shows video of man dying in Manitoba RCMP cell in The Pas
The inquest into the death of John Ettawakapow began Monday with a video of the 54-year-old dying in an RCMP holding cell, showing him possibly smothered to death by a fellow detainee's leg.
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![John George (Dot Dot) Ettawakapow, 54, died in 2019 in a holding cell in The Pas, Man., after RCMP officers found him passed out in front of a local business. Ettawakapow, shown in this photo from his obituary, was placed in the cell with two other intoxicated individuals. One of their legs rolled onto his neck, possibly suffocating him, an autopsy report found. A portrait of a man in a ball cap and a blue button-up shirt.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6278625.1718664307!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/john-george-dot-dot-ettawakapow.jpeg)
The inquest into the death of John Ettawakapow began Monday with a video of the 54-year-old dying in an RCMP holding cell, showing him possibly smothered to death by a fellow detainee's leg.