More than 20 major cities have reduced police budgets in some form, and activists are fighting to ensure that is only the start

Source: These US cities defunded police: ‘We’re transferring money to the community’ | US policing | The Guardian

A co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Canada says there is no reason for such scrutiny of the organization’s peaceful efforts to raise awareness about racial injustice.

Source: Canadian military intelligence monitored Black Lives Matter movement, claiming pandemic justified such actions | Ottawa Citizen

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.

Source: B.C. Indigenous leaders call for reform after 3rd member of Vancouver Island First Nation shot by police | CTV News

Source: Police forces across Canada are still overwhelmingly white and male, new report shows | The Star

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.

Source: RCMP tolerates ‘misogynistic, racist, and homophobic attitudes:’ former Supreme Court justice | 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