Unmasking the Truth in Policing, Profiling and Oppression of People of Colour

Unleashing the Venom of Distrust, Discrimination and Reifying the Status Quo against Black People

“Systemic racial discrimination, along with anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, lie at the core of many of our institutions, and are perhaps most visible in our police and criminal justice systems. Years of reports, studies and case law have made clear that the time is over for debating whether this bias exists in policing.”

Ontario Human Rights Commission

It is troubling that acts of state-sponsored violence against people of colour — Black, Indigenous and racialized people in Canada continue to permeate our democracy, even though the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom purports “Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination.” There seems to be no end to racist policing practices amidst the pseudo-narratives shared and we pride ourselves that … we are not like our neighbours south of the border. Policing and police violence are rooted in slavery and sustained by systemic racism, oppression, exclusion and discrimination. According to the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, institutional practices from our colonial past embedded in our legislation and amplified by…