With the news of Derek Chauvin being found guilty in the murder of #GeorgeFloyd, itâs probably a good time to remember that Canada also has deep-rooted problems in policing.
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This starlit beating took place in Calgary in 2013.
âWhen the officers left him at a desolate construction site, it was â28 C with the windchill, and Addai-Nyamekye was dressed in only a tracksuit and sneakers.â
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âWhen the officers left him at a desolate construction site, it was â28 C with the windchill, and Addai-Nyamekye was dressed in only a tracksuit and sneakers.â
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âThis is where he almost ended my life,â says Addai-Nyamekye in the film, returning to the site where he was tasered and beaten. https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/above-the-law">https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspo...
âAlthough Addai-Nyamekye filed a formal complaint with the Calgary Police Service about how he was treated, the officers involved remained on duty.â
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âIn the midst of a global uprising against police brutality and systemic racism, No Visible Trauma / Above the Law examines a deeply troubled police department and reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked police brutality.â
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How was the film received?
âA Calgary police constable has filed an emergency injunction to stop a documentary on police brutality from airing.
The same police officer is also suing the film& #39;s production company for defamation.â
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âA Calgary police constable has filed an emergency injunction to stop a documentary on police brutality from airing.
The same police officer is also suing the film& #39;s production company for defamation.â
#blacklivesmatter
âThe concerns centre around a seven-minute clip from the full-length documentary posted online that shows an Indigenous man, Clayton Prince, running from police after a traffic stop.â
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Letâs take a tangent here to return our attention to the US to look at how the murder of George Floyd was initially reported in Minneapolis.
Read this chilling description of this murder.
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Read this chilling description of this murder.
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Now, even after #DerekChauvin is found guilty *of murder* major American news corp, @abcnews, still canât say it.
âGuilty in the death of George Floydâ
has a different ring to it than
âGuilty in the MURDER of George Floyd.â
How these crimes are reported matters.
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âGuilty in the death of George Floydâ
has a different ring to it than
âGuilty in the MURDER of George Floyd.â
How these crimes are reported matters.
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Some hard-right propagandists have professed Chauvinâs innocence even after the guilty verdict.
âIf Chauvin was innocent, George Floyd would still be alive.â
â @DunningsBooger
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âIf Chauvin was innocent, George Floyd would still be alive.â
â @DunningsBooger
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So Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd.
Finally some justice in the world, right?
âA Columbus police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl...â
h/t to @V4DeadManWalkin
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Finally some justice in the world, right?
âA Columbus police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl...â
h/t to @V4DeadManWalkin
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Well, surely things are better in Canada right?
âA member of the Ontario Provincial Police force [was filmed] pushing a young boy to the ground at a skate park.â
Itâs not a murder, but this is still police brutality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/opp-officer-pushes-child-gravenhurst-1.5994586">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
âA member of the Ontario Provincial Police force [was filmed] pushing a young boy to the ground at a skate park.â
Itâs not a murder, but this is still police brutality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/opp-officer-pushes-child-gravenhurst-1.5994586">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
Maybe thatâs an outlier?
Surely if you google âOntario police 12-year-oldâ then only that once incident would come up, right?
2018:
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Surely if you google âOntario police 12-year-oldâ then only that once incident would come up, right?
2018:
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Let& #39;s return to #Alberta and see how things are here.
" #Lethbridge police repeatedly searched [ @albertaNDP MLA] Shannon Phillips& #39;s personal information in their database"
Not cool, @lethpolice.
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" #Lethbridge police repeatedly searched [ @albertaNDP MLA] Shannon Phillips& #39;s personal information in their database"
Not cool, @lethpolice.
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Around this same time @lethpolice also made international news for police brutality in their handling of a girl doing Star Wars cosplay.
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Did I say "international" attention? I should have said inter-stellar attention.
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Not to be outdone, @CalgaryPolice would also make headlines last year...
Const. Alex Dunn, 34, would be convicted in Dec 2010 for the assault of Dalia Kafi at an arrest processing unit in 2017.
This investigation took 3 years??
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Const. Alex Dunn, 34, would be convicted in Dec 2010 for the assault of Dalia Kafi at an arrest processing unit in 2017.
This investigation took 3 years??
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âI can still remember the sounds of the contact of the knuckles hitting his face⊠"
âPeople stick to a story. They cover things up. They want to justify beating people up,â
- Article from 2013
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âPeople stick to a story. They cover things up. They want to justify beating people up,â
- Article from 2013
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Okay this thread is already getting long, but we can& #39;t talk about police in Canada without also talking about First Nations.
"Our cops are just as bad as American cops, they just go after a different colour."
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"Our cops are just as bad as American cops, they just go after a different colour."
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