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Nathalie Des Rosiers on Thursday blamed a staffer for tweeting in her name that an Ottawa police officer is a murderer, let the premier’s office speak for her because she was too busy, then found time for a bunch of interviews.

“I’ve had better days,” the Ottawa-Vanier MPP conceded.

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The mess began Wednesday night, coinciding with a vigil in memory of Ashton Dickson, the star football player shot to death one month ago after an argument at the Mingle Room bar on Rideau Street. The deaths of young black men are alarming, Des Rosiers tweeted, and we need to “review the entire system” to address them.

Oh, also: “My thoughts are with Abdi’s family & friends murdered by a careless police officer. Be strong!”

The obvious reference is to the case of Abdirahman Abdi, the black man in Hintonburg who died after police answered a call that he was molesting women in a Bridgehead. They chased him to the door of his nearby apartment building and, it is alleged, beat him until he was mortally injured. Const. Daniel Montsion is charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault and has a trial date set in early 2019.