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Study: Replace police with mental health workers
Document argues mental health professionals should replace officers Ryan Patrick Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jun 15, 2021 A group that advocates for Ottawa’s Black community is proposing an alternative way to respond to mental health-related…
Black judge handcuffed- mayor apologises
Selwyn Romilly, 81, was mistaken for assault suspect estimated to be 40-50 years old The Canadian Press · Posted: May 15, 2021 The mayor of Vancouver says he is “appalled” that police…
Principal removed over student’s dreadlocks
BySawyer Bogdan Global News May 29, 2021 A principal at a French school in London, Ont., has been removed from his position after a picture of him wearing a student’s dreadlocks…
Police officer bemoans fate of ‘white man’
Ottawa police officer bemoans fate of ‘white man’ on TikTok video The video, captured surreptitiously on a camera mounted inside an Ottawa garage, shows three white officers standing around a…
Far-right groups on the rise in N.B. and across Atlantic Canada, researcher says
‘This is a global phenomenon, where world leaders have legitimized these types of views’ CBC News · Posted: Jan 10, 2021 It was a shocking development, even for a world that has…
Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize
Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize Published15 hours agoShareRelated Topics George Floyd death The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has won Sweden’s Olof Palme human rights…
Police and Abdi’s family settle lawsuit
Family sued for $1.5M after Abdi died following 2016 arrest Nicole Williams · CBC News · Jan 25, 2021 Ottawa Police Services says it’s reached a settlement with the family of Abdirahman Abdi,…
Commission rules against police
Black Quebecer wins $10,000 Human Rights Commission ruling against Laval police officers Adam KovacCTV News Montreal Digital Reporter @AKovacCTV ContactPublished Saturday, November 28, 2020 9:20PM ESTLast Updated Sunday, November 29, 2020…
Police called to Black video shoot
People waiting to shoot music video outside a mall were handcuffed at gunpoint Natalia Goodwin · CBC News ·Dec 30, 2020 A young Black man in Ottawa says a recent encounter with police…
Cop jailed for Miller beating
Toronto cop convicted in Dafonte Miller beating sentenced to 9 months in jail BY NICOLE THOMPSON AND PAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS POSTED NOV 4, 2020 Michael Theriault arrives at the…