Montreal couple says they were abused, fined by police for 'walking while black' 22 April 2018A young couple who say they were the victims of police violence for “walking while black” are calling on the mayors of Montreal and Plateau-Mont-Rohttp://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/couple-fined-444-each-for-talking-lou… Read more about Montreal couple says they were abused, fined by police for 'walking while black'
'Why did my mom and brother have to die?' 2 years, no answers in police-involved shooting 22 April 2018Two years after a 73-year-old woman and her 39-year-old son were killed during a police standoff in northwestern B.C, there are still no answers ashttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shirley-jovan-williams-granisle-s… Read more about 'Why did my mom and brother have to die?' 2 years, no answers in police-involved shooting
Churches make a drastic pledge in the name of social justice: To stop calling the police 22 April 2018First Congregational Church of Oakland shares a neighborhood with many homeless people who often come to the church in times of mental health crisehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/19/churches-make-a-… Read more about Churches make a drastic pledge in the name of social justice: To stop calling the police
Charges Sought in Eric Garner’s Death, but Justice Officials Have Doubts 22 April 2018WASHINGTON — Federal civil rights prosecutors have recommended charges against a New York police officer in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, three cuhttps://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/us/politics/eric-garner-charges-recommende… Read more about Charges Sought in Eric Garner’s Death, but Justice Officials Have Doubts
Incident raciste dans un Starbucks: le chef de la police s'excuse 20 April 2018Le chef de la police de Philadelphie a présenté ses excuses jeudi, une semaine après l'arrestation de deux jeunes Noirs dans un café Starbucks qui http://www.lapresse.ca/international/etats-unis/201804/19/01-5161746-incident-ra… Read more about Incident raciste dans un Starbucks: le chef de la police s'excuse
B.C. police watchdog to adopt recommendations from inquest into shooting of mentally ill man 20 April 2018B.C.'s civilian police watchdog agency said Wednesday it will accept recommendations from a public inquest into the shooting death of a mentally ilhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-police-watchdog-to-adopt-reco… Read more about B.C. police watchdog to adopt recommendations from inquest into shooting of mentally ill man
Two Burnaby police-shooting files still open more than three years later 20 April 2018B.C.’s police watchdog is apologizing for taking more than three years to report on two police shootings in Burnaby in March 2015 but says it will http://www.burnabynow.com/news/two-burnaby-police-shooting-files-still-open-more… Read more about Two Burnaby police-shooting files still open more than three years later
Long-secret watchdog report warned of 'undue pressure' from CSIS on detainees 20 April 2018Newly disclosed documents show a top secret federal report — kept under wraps for over a decade — criticized Canada's spy agency for shortcomings ahttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/04/19/news/long-secret-watchdog-report-war… Read more about Long-secret watchdog report warned of 'undue pressure' from CSIS on detainees
Printemps érable : l'agent de la SQ Denis Burelle suspendu 35 jours 18 April 2018Blâmé pour l'utilisation imprudente de son arme et pour avoir blessé gravement des manifestants à Victoriaville en 2012, le policier de la Sûreté dhttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1095547/printemps-erable-agent-denis-burell… Read more about Printemps érable : l'agent de la SQ Denis Burelle suspendu 35 jours
Il faut retirer les armes d’impact à projectiles du SPVM 18 April 2018On s’est croisés dernièrement, à l’hôtel de ville de Montréal, lors de la dernière commission sur la sécurité publique le 10 avril.https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libre-opinion/525377/il-faut-retirer-les-armes-… Read more about Il faut retirer les armes d’impact à projectiles du SPVM
Policiers du SPVQ dans le pétrin 05 July 2017(Québec) La police de Québec traverse une période trouble.http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/justice-et-faits-divers/201707/02/01-5112661-po… Read more about Policiers du SPVQ dans le pétrin
Calming approach is the key to de-escalating police interventions 03 July 2017When police respond to calls for individuals in the throes of severe mental distress, there is typically no advance warning, the outcome comes quichttp://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/calming-touch-the-key-to-de-escalatin… Read more about Calming approach is the key to de-escalating police interventions
Plus de 600 morts en cinq mois en Colombie-Britannique 03 July 2017Les mois se suivent et se ressemblent en Colombie-Britannique où, pour un septième mois consécutif, plus de 100 personnes sont mortes d’une surdosehttp://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/07/02/plus-de-600-morts-en-cinq-mois-en-co… Read more about Plus de 600 morts en cinq mois en Colombie-Britannique
RCMP wrong in finding man shot himself: B.C.’s independent police watchdog 03 July 2017British Columbia’s Independent Investigations Office says RCMP in Port Coquitlam incorrectly reported that a distraught man may have taken his own https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/rcmp-wrong-in-finding-man-… Read more about RCMP wrong in finding man shot himself: B.C.’s independent police watchdog
B.C. Coroners Service information blackout on police-involved deaths raises red flags for accountability 03 July 2017Historically, any time that somebody in B.C. dies during an interaction with police or in the custody of law enforcement or a B.C.http://www.straight.com/news/926101/bc-coroners-service-information-blackout-pol… Read more about B.C. Coroners Service information blackout on police-involved deaths raises red flags for accountability
Un motard poursuit le SPVM pour 6,5 M$ 03 July 2017Une « magouille » de l’ex-enquêteur Benoit Roberge pour résoudre le meurtre d’un Hells Angel notoire risque de coûter très cher au SPVM et à la Vilhttp://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/06/30/lex-motard-de-6-millions Read more about Un motard poursuit le SPVM pour 6,5 M$
Implicit bias and anti-black racism the core of Andrew Loku inquest findings 03 July 2017The jury that crafted the 39 recommendations coming out of the inquest into the police shooting death of Andrew Loku in 2015 made it clear that rachttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/implicit-bias-and-anti-black-racism-the-co… Read more about Implicit bias and anti-black racism the core of Andrew Loku inquest findings
Number of fatal shootings by U.S. police in 2017 set to exceed 1,000 03 July 2017July 1 (Reuters) – Police officers across the United States shot 492 people dead in the first half of 2017, on track to approach 1,000 such incidenhttp://globalnews.ca/news/3570589/police-shootings-in-2017-numbers/ Read more about Number of fatal shootings by U.S. police in 2017 set to exceed 1,000
Does military equipment lead police officers to be more violent? We did the research. 03 July 2017On April 29, Officer Roy Oliver of the Balch Springs Police Department in Texas shot and killed Jordan Edwards, who was a passenger in a friend’s chttps://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/30/does-milit… Read more about Does military equipment lead police officers to be more violent? We did the research.
Des membres de Black Lives Matter s'emparent d'une scène du FIJM 02 July 2017Des manifestants du groupe Black Lives Matter ont brièvement occupé la scène Rio Tinto du Festival international de jazz de Montréal (FIJM) dimahttp://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1043148/black-lives-matter-scene-festival-ja… Read more about Des membres de Black Lives Matter s'emparent d'une scène du FIJM