Police brutality

• B.C.’s police watchdog says guard’s treatment of prisoner could be torture

  A report issued the Independent Investigations Office says the man's hip was broken when he pulled out a weapon and was thrown to the ground during the arrest in May 2019.

  Crime

  Jun 16
  
• New initiative asks Montreal, Ottawa residents to film police interventions

  If you believe you've seen a police officer breaching someone's rights, a new program wants you to take video and send it to them.

  Crime

  Apr 11
  
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• Video shows Kingston police officer kneeing, punching handcuffed man

  A video of a recent arrest by Kingston police is making the rounds on social media. It shows an officer punching and kneeing a man whose hands were handcuffed behind his back.

  Canada

  Feb 17
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• Quebec invests $900,000 to train police to avoid racial profiling

  The Quebec government plans to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to train police officers how to avoid racial and social profiling

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2021
• Quebec police say they are investigating footage of violent arrest of Black teens

  The footage shows officers dragging, pinning down and beating Black teens in the snow. At one point an officer is seen kicking snow into a young man's face.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2021
• Criminal probe launched into Vancouver police shoving incident caught on camera

  The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner confirms a criminal probe has been launched into a video that shows a Vancouver police officer shoving a man last fall.

  Crime

  Oct 26, 2021
• U.S. Senate talks on police reform collapse as Democrats, Republicans fail to reach deal

  Talks had moved slowly for months, and it had became clear over the summer that the chances for a breakthrough were all but hopeless.

  World

  Sep 23, 2021
• ‘Why three bullets?’: Family of Black Quebec man shot dead by police wants answers

  "I called for help and they killed my son,'' Marie-Mireille Bence, the victim's mother, said.

  Crime

  Aug 2, 2021
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• ‘What has changed?’: Honouring Chantel Moore one year later

  Moore, a 26-year-old woman from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in B.C., was shot and killed by an Edmundston police officer who was called in to do a wellness check on June 4, 2020.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2021
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• ‘A tragedy’: Trudeau commits to fight racism on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder

  Floyd's murder set of a firestorm of protests around the world as demonstrators called for leaders to tackle systemic racism within law enforcement.

  Canada

  May 25, 2021