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DECARCERATION – COVID-19 may cause us to re-examine the role of incarceration in our society in the 21st century.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadian-prisons-in-the-time-of-covid-19-recommendations-for-the/

 

Posted bywpengine24 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFEND – You may recall her by her brazen social media posts praising drunk driving.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/darya-selinevich-drunk-driving-charge-1.5623595

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/darya-selinevich-drunk-driving-charge-1.5623595

Posted bywpengine23 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

IF A COURT DECISION SEEMS RIDICULOUS IT’S USUALLY BECAUSE YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND IT – This decision did not say what you think it did.

https://www.canadalandshow.com/no-intoxication-is-not-a-legitimate-defence-for-sexual-assault-in-ontario/

 

Posted bywpengine22 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

SASKATCHEWAN – Impaired driving fatalities, injuries in province hit record low in 2019: SGI. Is this a cultural shift?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/impaired-driving-fatalities-drinking-saskatchewan-1.5621723

 

Posted bywpengine22 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

Assist citizen call. Police attend. Citizen dead.

SIU

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/62-year-old-man-dead-after-police-involved-shooting-in-mississauga-siu-investigating-1.4993281

 

Posted bywpengine21 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

Canadian Police Killed Second Indigenous Person in a Week – Yet another reason why the entire concept of policing has to be re-evaluated.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkygwy/canadian-police-killed-rodney-levi-second-indigenous-person-in-a-week

 

Posted bywpengine18 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

Police Killed a Young Indigenous Woman In New Brunswick During Wellness Check – “the officer fired five times” Yet another reason why the entire concept of policing has to be re-evaluated.

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/n7wn4z/police-killed-a-young-woman-in-new-brunswick-during-wellness-check?utm_source=stylizedembed_vice.com&utm_campaign=n7wzdd&site=vice

 

Posted bywpengine18 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

Dashcam Video Shows Canadian Police Jump Tackling, Punching Indigenous Chief –

“RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said the force doesn’t have a systemic racism problem and she “struggles” with the term.” Yet another reason why the entire concept of policing has to be re-evaluated.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wzdd/dashcam-video-shows-police-jump-tackling-punching-indigenous-chief

 

Posted bywpengine18 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

Two Canadian Police Officers Have Been Charged After Killing Potential Witness – Yet another reason why the entire concept of policing has to be re-evaluated.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azb39/two-canadian-police-officers-have-been-charged-after-killing-potential-witness

 

Posted bywpengine18 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

SUSPENDED POLICE OFFICER COLLECTS $1 MILLION+ – Yet another reason why the entire concept of policing has to be re-evaluated.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5pyqy/toronto-cop-who-has-been-paid-dollar1-million-on-suspension-nears-legal-decision

Posted bywpengine18 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

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