Ho lee shit.
The AP has found that the number of deaths caused by the police in the US is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than thought because they're not always reported as being "officer-involved."
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The investigation found that between 2012 and 2021, more than a thousand people died after police use physical force that was not intended to be lethal. That includes batons, stun guns, physical restraints, and chemical agents. The oldest victim was 95 and the youngest 15.
Only 28 of the officers were charged.
The Police role was only cited in about half of the cases, meaning that many more Americans have died at the hands of the police than was previously known.
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York University with CUPE3903 in the wake of the University using the cops as strike breakers and the arrests on the Sentinel Road picket a couple of weeks ago.
I thought I should follow up on my post on what to do if you are injured by the cops.
Understand that you do not have to seek redress from the 🐖🐷🥓. You do not have to do anything at all with your documentation.
But document the incident and the aftermath while it is fresh, because, if at some point in the future you NEED this information, you cannot go back in time to assemble it.
An average of 40 cops per intersection × 3, 5 trailing vehicles, 5 bike cops at the rear, another 12+ vehicles doing the leapfrogging, plus multiples teams blocking side streets.
Kicking off a Legal Observing Marathon with a Defund the Police Party at Nathan Phillips Square.
Loaded down with stuff to give away: warm clothing (gently-used and freshly washed); tent and accompanying camping gear that I no longer use now that I am a tree-sleeper; then a dash over to Street Knit to pickup warm knitted gear to bring back.