Posted: Apr 13, 2021 9:06 PM ET | Last Updated: April 14
Stachen Frederick, executive director of Frontlines, says Toronto's next police chief needs to have a deep understanding of anti-Black racism and have experience in discussions with communities. (Artists Touch Productions)
Toronto's next police chief should have a deep understanding of anti-Black racism and the challenges facing low-income, racialized people in the city, say Black community leaders and organizers.
"We don't just want a token person," says Stachen Frederick, executive director of Weston Frontlines Centre, also known as Frontlines, a youth charity that runs a centre with outreach services in one of the poorest communities in Toronto.