With the news of Derek Chauvin being found guilty in the murder of #GeorgeFloyd, it’s probably a good time to remember that Canada also has deep-rooted problems in policing. đŸ§”

#blacklivesmatter #blm
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.”

#yyc https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/above-the-law
Above the Law

Calgary residents say police brutality tore their lives apart — and the justice system has failed to hold officers accountable

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/above-the-law
“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
Above the Law

Calgary residents say police brutality tore their lives apart — and the justice system has failed to hold officers accountable

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/above-the-law
“Although Addai-Nyamekye filed a formal complaint with the Calgary Police Service about how he was treated, the officers involved remained on duty.”

#yyc #DefundThePolice https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/above-the-law
Above the Law

Calgary residents say police brutality tore their lives apart — and the justice system has failed to hold officers accountable

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/above-the-law
“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.”

#DefundThePolice https://losttimemedia.com/portfolio/nvt-atl/
No Visible Trauma / Above the Law | Lost Time Media

No Visible Trauma / Above the Law examines a deeply troubled police department and reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked police violence.

https://losttimemedia.com/portfolio/nvt-atl/
How was the film received?

“A 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's production company for defamation.”

#blacklivesmatter https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-brutality-documentary-1.5813636
Calgary officer files injunction to stop police brutality documentary from screening | CBC News

A Calgary police constable has filed an emergency injunction to stop a documentary on police brutality from airing and is also suing the film's production company for defamation.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-brutality-documentary-1.5813636
“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.” đŸ“ș

#DefundThePolice https://vimeo.com/471987957/b5e3c95daa
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.

#GeorgeFloyd #DerekChauvin #BlackLivesMatter https://twitter.com/chrisvanderveen/status/1384616345262776322
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.

#BLM https://twitter.com/abc/status/1384616919576190979
Some hard-right propagandists have professed Chauvin’s innocence even after the guilty verdict.

“If Chauvin was innocent, George Floyd would still be alive.”

— @DunningsBooger

#BlackLivesMatter
#DefundThePolice https://twitter.com/dunningsbooger/status/1384629050262446085
So Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd.

Finally some justice in the world, right?

“A Columbus police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl...”

h/t to @V4DeadManWalkin

#blacklivesmatter
#DefundThePolice https://www.thedailybeast.com/columbus-police-fatally-shoot-a-person-as-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-comes-down
Columbus Police Fatally Shoot Black Teen Who Called Them for Help, Aunt Says

Just as Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter, Columbus police killed another person. Eyewitnesses said the victim was a Black teenager.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/columbus-police-fatally-shoot-a-person-as-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-comes-down
Well, surely things are better in Canada right?

“A member of the Ontario Provincial Police force [was filmed] pushing a young boy to the ground at a skate park.”

It’s not a murder, but this is still police brutality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/opp-officer-pushes-child-gravenhurst-1.5994586
Police investigating after video shows OPP officer shoving young boy in skate park | CBC News

Peel Regional Police are investigating after a video shared to social media shows a member of the Ontario Provincial Police force pushing a young boy to the ground.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/opp-officer-pushes-child-gravenhurst-1.5994586
Maybe that’s an outlier?

Surely if you google “Ontario police 12-year-old” then only that once incident would come up, right?

2018:

https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/news/toronto/canadian-police-are-being-criticized-after-arresting-a-12-year-old-boy-and-fighting-with-his-mother-video

#blacklivesmatter #DefundThePolice
Canadian Police Are Being Criticized After Arresting A 12-Year-Old Boy And Fighting With His Mother...

A 12-year old boy from Brampton, Ontario was detained for possession of marijuana according to Peel Police.

https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/news/toronto/canadian-police-are-being-criticized-after-arresting-a-12-year-old-boy-and-fighting-with-his-mother-video
Let's return to #Alberta and see how things are here.

" #Lethbridge police repeatedly searched [ @albertaNDP MLA] Shannon Phillips's personal information in their database"

Not cool, @lethpolice.

#ableg #yql https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lethbridge-police-service-search-photograph-mla-shannon-phillips-1.5932495
Alberta MLA was monitored by 5 different police officers, documents show | CBC News

Over the last four years, Lethbridge NDP MLA Shannon Phillips has had suspicions that some members of the city’s police force have been monitoring her. A cache of newly released documents shows she...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lethbridge-police-service-search-photograph-mla-shannon-phillips-1.5932495
Around this same time @lethpolice also made international news for police brutality in their handling of a girl doing Star Wars cosplay.

Not cool, @lethpolice https://twitter.com/xeviuss/status/1257564952874774531?s=20
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
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??

#BlackLivesMatter #yyc https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/shocking-video-captures-cop-body-slamming-woman-in-handcuffs/
Shocking video captures cop body-slamming woman in handcuffs

Shocking video has emerged of a Canadian cop body-slamming a woman in a judo-like move that sent her face-first onto the floor at a Calgary police station — and landing the officer in court on an

https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/shocking-video-captures-cop-body-slamming-woman-in-handcuffs/
“I can still remember the sounds of the contact of the knuckles hitting his face
 "

“People stick to a story. They cover things up. They want to justify beating people up,”

- Article from 2013

#yeg #DefundThePolice https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/former-edmonton-cop-derek-huff-blows-whistle-on-brutality-corruption-1.1871353
Former cop blows whistle on brutality, corruption | CBC News

A former cop with an exemplary record is going public about what he calls corruption in Edmonton police ranks, after he tried internally to expose what he believes is organized brutality, but got no...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/former-edmonton-cop-derek-huff-blows-whistle-on-brutality-corruption-1.1871353
Okay this thread is already getting long, but we can'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."

-- @JamesLeduke https://twitter.com/JamesLeduke/status/1384704801733107715?s=20
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