Indigenous leaders in British Columbia are calling for immediate police reform after three members of a small Vancouver Island First Nation have been shot by police in less than a year.
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This Black man was stopped by police for ‘jaywalking’. A Human Rights Commission has called it racist — and awarded him $15,000 | The Star
Gyasi Symonds says the fine to Halifax Regional Police amounts to a ‘slap on the wrist’
Police forces across Canada are still overwhelmingly white and male, new report shows | The Star
Source: RCMP tolerates ‘misogynistic, racist, and homophobic attitudes:’ former Supreme Court justice | CBC News
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s culture is so toxic, the federal government needs to conduct an external, independent review of the RCMP’s future as a federal policing organization, says a former Supreme Court of Canada justice tasked with dealing with the fallout from the force’s historic sexual assault settlement.
Deadly force | CBC News
More than 460 Canadians have been killed or died while being subdued by police between 2000 and 2017
Source: Deadly force | CBC News
Defunding The Police Will Save Black And Indigenous Lives In Canada | HuffPost Canada
If we truly want to effect change that could stop police killings of Black people, we need to have this conversation.
Source: Defunding The Police Will Save Black And Indigenous Lives In Canada | HuffPost Canada
A young Black man was fatally Tasered in his own backyard – now his family is demanding answers | CBC News
For months, Clive Mensah’s family has watched with a knowing horror as the stories of George Floyd and so many others have made headlines. All the while Mensah’s story has remained untold — until now.
COVID-19 taking a toll in prisons, with high infection rates, CBC News analysis shows | CBC News
A preliminary analysis by CBC News suggests that, despite prevention measures such as releasing thousands of low-risk offenders, infection rates are still five times higher in provincial jails and up to nine times higher in federal facilities than in the general population.
Source: COVID-19 taking a toll in prisons, with high infection rates, CBC News analysis shows | CBC News
Who investigates complaints about the RCMP? In ‘99.9%’ of cases, it’s the RCMP | The Star
Source: “Do I believe we can have a police-free future in our lifetime? Absolutely”: Policing expert Robyn Maynard on how defunding would work in practice
“It’s not that we don’t need safety. But police have not brought us that safety, and we need to look elsewhere”
