Police chief 'racist' says witness at Marshall inquiry

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Halifax N.S.

Former Sydney police chief John MacIntyre lied to an inquiry into Micmac Donald Marshall's wrongful 1971 murder conviction, says the officer who proved Marshall innocent.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Harry Wheaton testified he believed the former chief was racist and that he had tried to coverup his actions by removing a document from Marshall's file and slipping it under his desk.

The document was a statement from a witness who testified that MacIntyre bullied her into making a false statement.

Wheaton also described Sydney as permeated with a "red-neck attitude" and said MacIntyre showed a general dislike for Indians.