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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002

A non-Native police offer in Ontario, Canada, was demoted on Wednesday for distributing a picture of an injured Aboriginal man on the Internet.

Constable Maurice Lalonde was lowered rank for nine months for dishonorable conduct, a police tribunal decided. He sent a crime scene picture of a Native man online with the words "never eat your steak with a knife."

Stan Beardy, Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe-Aski First Nation, said the light punishment reflects racist attitudes towards Aboriginals.

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Officer's penalty angers native (The Toronto Star 4/11)