JAIL DEATH CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ONE OF TWO OFFICERS

Charges against one of two Ontario police officers charged in the death of a 39- year- old Indigenous woman have been dropped. In July, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit charged Const. Mark McKillop of the Ontario Provincial Police and London, Ont., police Const. Nicholas Doering with one count each of criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessaries of life. The Crown dropped the charges against McKillop on Monday, but no reasons were given as Doering’s case returns to court on Dec. 6. The SIU said both officers interacted with Debra Chrisjohn, pictured, at some point between her arrest on Sept. 7, 2016, and her death in custody that night. A lawyer representing Chrisjohn’s family says the SIU have not released the cause of death.