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Harper's shooting was described in a 1999 book, Cowboys & Indians: The Killing of J.J. Harper, written by Winnipeg Free Press columnist Gordon Sinclair Jr., and later a 2003 television movie by the same name. It was directed by Norma Bailey and starred Adam Beach as Harper. References
Cowboys and Indians: The Killing of J.J. Harper TV-14 2003 1h 36m Drama List Reviews After a Winnipeg policeman (Currie Graham) guns down a man (Adam Beach), the victim's brother (Eric Schweig ...
- Norma Bailey
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- Adam Beach
Winnipeg, March, 1988. In the dark wee hours of the morning, the police, with only vague descriptions of the suspects, are in active pursuit of two perpetrators of a robbery. In that pursuit, Constable Robert Cross confronts a native Indian man who ends up having nothing to do with the robbery, but who Cross shoots dead in the ensuing ...
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One bullet from Cross' gun went straight into Harper's heart, ending his life. This is the reality of what happened on a dark city street 15 years ago. It's also a scene from the new movie, Cowboys and Indians: The Killing of J.J. Harper, which will have its television premiere on APTN on Oct. 3 and air again on CBC on Oct. 5.
Sep 1, 2000 · Cowboys and Indians: The Shooting of J.J. Harper. Paperback – September 1, 2000. by Gordon Sinclair Jr. (Author) 4.2 11 ratings. See all formats and editions. When J.J. Harper of the Island Lake Tribal Council was fatally shot on a wintry Winnipeg street in 1988, the city police department was quick to absolve the officer involved from all blame.
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The cowboy in the movie Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story was a City of Winnipeg policeman, the late Constable Cross, and not an R.C.M.P. officer as stated in a review by Richard Maurer. Anyone submitting a review has to have the correct facts before submitting.
Nov 18, 2003 · "Cowboys and Indians" forcefully dramatizes the 1988 case that shed a most unflattering, highly public light on Canadian police treatment of Native peoples. Pic is based on tome by journo Gordon ...
