Police Brutality

• Another inquest jury recommends police body cameras after B.C. man fatally shot

  The inquest was held to find the facts behind the fatal police shooting of 39-year-old Waylon Edey of Yahk, B.C., who died in January 2015 after a traffic stop in Castlegar.

  Crime

  Sep 4
  
• Hamilton officer given suspended sentence, probation for assault on Indigenous man

  Hamilton Police const. Brian Wren now has a criminal record following an assault on Patrick Tomchuk during an arrest at a Mountain gas station in May 2022,

  Crime

  Jun 29
  
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• NYPD reliance on ‘stop-and-frisk’ tactics likely illegal, U.S. monitor says

  The court-appointed federal monitor said using the tactic to combat gun violence is harming communities of colour and running afoul of the law.

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  Jun 5
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• Sentencing of Hamilton officer who pleaded guilty to assault of Indigenous man begins

  The first stage in the sentencing of Const. Brian Wren began Friday in Hamilton. He pleaded guilty to assaulting Patrick Tomchuk during an arrest at a gas station last May.

  Crime

  Jun 2
• Myles Gray: After death ruled a homicide, family wants case reopened against police

  Gray died after a severe beating by Vancouver police officers that left him with hemorrhaging in his testicles and fractures in his eye socket, nose, voice box and rib.

  Crime

  May 2
• Myles Gray inquest: Death deemed homicide in Vancouver police beating

  Coroner Larry Marzinzik reminded jurors they are not to make any findings of legal responsibility when they form their possible recommendations.

  Crime

  May 1
• B.C. inquest jury won’t see photos of Myles Gray’s injuries due to late application

  Coroner Larry Marzinzik says his view on admitting photos would have been "very different" had the lawyer for Gray's family, Ian Donaldson, brought it up earlier.

  Crime

  Apr 28
• ‘Truth came out today’: B.C. inquest hears forcible restraint a factor in Myles Gray death

  A forensic pathologist says a "perfect storm" of factors led to Myles Gray's death, including his extreme exertion and the Vancouver police actions to restrain him.

  Crime

  Apr 27
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• Firefighters performed CPR on Myles Gray after Vancouver police beat him, inquest hears

  Myles Gray died after a beating by Vancouver police in August 2015 that left him with injuries including a fractured eye socket, a crushed voice box and ruptured testicles.

  Crime

  Apr 25
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• Vancouver police officers present similar testimony at high-profile Myles Gray inquest

  Several patterns have emerged after the last few Vancouver police witnesses testified at a coroner's inquest into the death of Myles Gray in August 2015.

  Crime

  Apr 24