“We are standing in solidarity as community, as people who care, as people who are committed to justice to say that things got to change and it’s time -- the time is now.”

"We can't breathe. We are dying. We are Torontonians. We are a proud and resilient population. We deserve better. We deserve much better. It can be better."

"We all have to share this planet, so we're all just trying to live together and at the end of the day and nobody should be judged — no matter what — because of the pigment of their skin."

"Our communities are grieving. This moment is unprecedented, yet in many ways we have been here before."

"We've been looking at this issue of police violence and people dying in police custody for decades, and people have come up with so many recommendations and pathways pointing to ways to save lives and it just hasn't been implemented."

The City of Toronto's latest Toronto For All campaign examines the mental health effects of anti-Black racism. The City says March 2 will be declared Black Mental Health Day.