This starlit beating took place in Calgary in 2013.

“When the officers left him at a desolate construction site, it was –28 C with the windchill, and Addai-Nyamekye was dressed in only a tracksuit and sneakers.”

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“This is where he almost ended my life,” 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...
“Although Addai-Nyamekye filed a formal complaint with the Calgary Police Service about how he was treated, the officers involved remained on duty.”

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“In 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.”

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“The 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.” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ“ș" title="Fernsehen" aria-label="Emoji: Fernsehen">

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Let’s 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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Now, even after #DerekChauvin is found guilty *of murder* major American news corp, @abcnews, still can’t say it.

“Guilty in the death of George Floyd”

has a different ring to it than

“Guilty in the MURDER of George Floyd.”

How these crimes are reported matters.

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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.

Even Captain Kirk called out this police brutality. https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1258012040435625984?s=20">https://twitter.com/WilliamSh...
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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