Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 3, 2023

[thread] Canada, Toronto, police

Toronto cop who neglected slain woman's domestic violence complaint to keep job
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/daniella-mallia-sang-youb-lee-toronto-police-1.6926828

* Toronto Const. Sang Youb Lee pled guilty to neglect of duty for failing to help Daniella Mallia
* will keep job despite force arguing he should be fired
* Mallia shot to death days after reporting threats of intimate partner violence

https://persagen.com >> search: "toronto police" AND death

#Toronto #TorontoPolice #DefundPolice

Toronto cop who neglected slain woman's domestic violence complaint will keep his job | CBC News

A Toronto cop who pleaded guilty to neglect of duty police act charges after failing to help Daniella Mallia — a woman shot to death just days after reporting threats of intimate partner violence to police — will keep his job despite the force arguing he should be fired.

CBC
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Addendum 1

Police in Ontario killed a man in crisis. Now they're fighting to keep their names private
Ejaz Choudry's family launch civil suit against Peel Regional Police for $22M
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110690619139498201

Peel Regional Police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_Regional_Police
* 2nd largest municipal police service in Ontario after Toronto Police Service
* 3rd largest municipal force in Canada behind Toronto, Montreal

#Toronto #DefundPolice #PeelPolice #Peel #Ontario

Peel Regional Police - Wikipedia

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Addendum 2

Discriminatory policing is denying Black youth their childhood
https://theconversation.com/discriminatory-policing-is-denying-black-youth-their-childhood-212752

* class-action lawsuit brought against Toronto Police Service 2023-08 over historic use of street checks, known as carding
* lawsuit highlights damaging, discriminatory impacts of carding
* disproportionately affects Black & Indigenous youth

#Canada #Toronto #TorontoPoliceService #Indigenous #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice #SystemicRacism #StreetChecks #Carding

Discriminatory policing is denying Black youth their childhood

Black youth felt their age and inexperience were often disregarded by police officers who held them wholly responsible for knowing and abiding by the law.

The Conversation
Sep 20, 2023 at 12:16amWeb
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A2 cont'd

Addendum 2

Toronto police faces class action lawsuit over ‘carding’ stops
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-police-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-carding-stops/article_472b85b0-9220-5e9a-aa4c-461ccc2cc0d0.html

* now-outlawed practice continues to haunt those who still show up in police databases
* lawsuit on behalf of Black & Indigenous people stopped by police w/o “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity

#Canada #Toronto #TorontoPoliceService #Indigenous #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice #SystemicRacism #StreetChecks #Carding

Toronto police hit with class action lawsuit over ‘carding’ stops

The now-outlawed practice continues to haunt those who still show up in police databases, according to a new lawsuit on behalf of Black and Indigenous people stopped by police without “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity.

Toronto Star