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.
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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”
Four officers, no weapons, no charges: A Yukon First Nation’s solution for keeping the peace – The Globe and Mail
In Whitehorse, colonialism and crime have damaged the people of Kwanlin Dun’s relationships with the RCMP and one another. Now, a pilot project is trying to do policing differently — and Indigenous people around the world are taking notice
Remembering 27 Black, Indigenous, and racialized people killed by Canadian police | Cole’s Notes
Last week Canadian police officers shot and killed two indigenous people, Jason Collins and Eishia Hudson, and one Black person, D’Andre Campbell. While Canadian media is quick to identify pa…
Source: Remembering 27 Black, Indigenous, and racialized people killed by Canadian police | Cole’s Notes
Do-it-yourself-law — a trickle becomes a deluge: Goar | The Star
New study provides eye-opening profile of people who represent themselves in court
Source: Do-it-yourself-law — a trickle becomes a deluge: Goar | The Star
The answer to police violence is not ‘reform’. It’s defunding. Here’s why | Alex S Vitale | Opinion | The Guardian
Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues – Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response
Ontario court throws out law barring self-induced intoxication as defence for sexual assault | National Post
In throwing out the provision, the Court of Appeal found its harmful effects were contrary to the principles of fundamental justice
