The B.C. Indigenous man who was handcuffed with his 12-year-old granddaughter while the pair were trying to open an account at a Vancouver BMO branch says he doesn’t accept the apology bank executives made last week.

Bella Bella man Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter Tori were cuffed by Vancouver police on Dec. 20, 2019, after an employee called 911 and reported a fraud in progress.

“It would have been better if it was in person, not a statement, not on the news or on social media,” Johnson said on Monday.

“A statement a month after? You know, it could have been done better.”

Johnson says the pair were taken to a cruiser in front of the bank and read their rights.

He said he was cuffed for about 45 minutes, while Tori said she was shackled for about 15 to 20 minutes, an experience she said was scary.

“I was worried about my papa,” she told Global News.

Police have since confirmed the pair were detained and arrested. Police say they were told Tori was 16 years old and that when they learned her age she was un-cuffed.

After police determined nothing criminal had taken place, the two were released at the scene, and say the officers apologized.

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