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A group of protesters in Mississauga is demanding justice for Jamal Francique after a report by the province’s police watchdog found no reasonable grounds to criminally charge the officer who shot and killed the 28-year-old man last year.
Toronto pilot project could remove police from mental health calls — but not in emergencies CBC/Radio-Canada © Mrmohock/Adobe Stock If approved, the pilot programs would allow for a 'non-police led response for non-emergency, non-violent calls including those involving persons in crisis and for wellness checks,' the city said in a news release. After months of mounting calls to remove police from the front-line response for people in mental health distress, the City of Toronto is proposing a pilot program that would see mobile crisis support teams dispatched to non-emerg...
There will be a protest taking place at a police station in Mississauga today (Dec 30) at 8:00 a.m. The Malton People’s Movement (MPM) will be protesting charges that have reportedly been laid against protesters. According to the organization’s Instagram profile, the MPM is a group of individuals who are protesting police brutality and working to promote social change. The group says it wants Peel Regional Police officers involved in several high-profile shooting incidents, some of which resulted in death, identified, fired and charged. This group will be protesting at 11 Division...
For All the Names Impacted by Mental Illness and Police Violence Violette Kay © The Mighty A collage of BIPOC people killed by the police There’s a line in Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s “Sound of the Beast” that I think about all the time: “I’m with them, whoever they are.” I’m with the old man yelling at the air in the waiting room of my psychiatrist’s office. I’m with the manic mother facing a judge to challenge her court-ordered hospital stay. I’m with every patient who has been punished for a behavior caused by the very illness they are receiving tr...
Woman charged for allegedly defacing police memorial during protest at Mississauga police station by News Staff Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 11:39 pm EDT A woman has been charged for allegedly defacing a police memorial during a protest at a Mississauga police station, Peel police say. On Saturday afternoon, police said a group called the Malton People’s Movement held a rally in front of a Peel Regional Police station at 7150 Mississauga Road. The group was at the station to protest the police shooting death of 26-year-old Brampton resident D’Andre Campbell in April, according to a tweet ...