Darrell Night talks to the press after the convictions of two police officers who left him to die. He exposed the decades-long practice of “starlight tours”, in which police drove indigenous people to the outskirts of cities and left them to die in sub-zero temperatures (Canada, 2001) [1000 x 750].

[Saskatoon freezing killings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatoon_freezing_killings)

>The practice was known as taking Indigenous people for “starlight tours” and dates back to 1976. As of 2021, despite convictions for related offences, no Saskatoon police officer has been convicted specifically for having caused freezing deaths.

[Left to freeze by Canada police, Darrell Night exposed their deadly ‘starlight tours’](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/25/darrell-night-who-exposed-canada-police-freezing-deaths-scandal-dies-at-56)

In January 2000, Darrell Night was dropped off on the outskirts of Saskatoon but was able to call a taxi from the nearby Queen Elizabeth Power Station. The two officers involved, constables Dan Hatchen and Ken Munson of the Saskatoon Police Service, claimed they had simply given Night a ride home and dropped him off at his own request. Darrell, a member of the Cree Nation, said he thought the officers were going to drive him to jail. He’d gotten drunk and started a ruckus outside of his uncle’s house. Instead, the two officers drove him out of town. They took him to an isolated spot three miles outside Saskatoon, then forced him out of the car. Darrell recalled the incident.

* “Get the fuck out of here, you fucking Indian.”
* Darrell said they slammed his face on the hood of the trunk, took off his handcuffs and left him standing alone on a riverbank.
* “I’ll freeze out here,” he yelled. “What’s wrong with you guys?”
* A voice echoed in the cold: “That’s your fucking problem.”

Darrell might have frozen that night, but he started walking back towards town. He walked two miles through the freezing night, and managed to reach a power station before frostbite took over. Darrell got help from a watchman. He said he filed a complaint after hearing that another man had frozen to death near the same spot where he was dropped. Darrell started receiving death threats after going public. Hatchen and Munson were charged with assault and unlawful confinement. They denied the accusations of malice in their acts. Their lawyers said their actions were misguided, but not criminal and not motivated by racism.

In September 2001, Hatchen and Munson were both found guilty, but only of unlawful confinement. The two were fired after their convictions. In Canada, a conviction for unlawful confinement carries up to 10 years in prison. The defense wanted community service, or at most, 90 days in jail to serve on weekends. The prosecution wanted one year each. Hatchen and Munson were each sentenced to eight months in prison.

The incident was the subject of the documentary *Two Worlds Colliding*.

I just cannot comprehend how fucked in the head and evil you have to be to not only do this… but just be a cop in general. What the fuck is wrong with people???