Two Canadian Mounties helped a First Nations family overcome a phobia one summer evening—in a 7-Eleven parking lot, strangely enough. They “busted a move” to make the four jittery teens and their mom laugh. Mom Ada Madam, 36, filmed the officers’ groovy moves on her phone and posted it on Facebook—where it went viral. Ada and her kids pulled up to the convenience store in Vanderhoof, British Columbia, late August at around 10 p.m. They were tired and hungry after spending the day preparing for a family event. Two RCMP constables, Matt and Steve, were inside the store. And Ada noticed her daughters cringe. “I kind of got uneasy, but also felt peace seeing they were kind of young and looked happy,” Ada told The Epoch Times. She described what she calls an “inter-generational trauma” First Nations people have of law enforcement. “My personal experience is they’ve often bullied me, …
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