Police

White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says

A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states

White supremacist groups have infiltrated US law enforcement agencies in every region of the country over the last two decades, according to a new report about the ties between police and far-right vigilante groups. 

2 killed at Wisconsin protest over police shooting of Jacob Blake

Kenosha County Sheriff's Department looking into possible connection to 'vigilante group'

The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 26, 2020 7:50 AM ET | Last Updated: 1 minute ago

Gunfire erupted overnight at a protest in support of Jacob Blake, who was shot several times during an encounter with police in Kenosha, Wis., and remains in hospital. 1:00

2 fatal shootings of Indigenous people this month in N.B.

Rodney Levi identified as man shot by Sunny Corner RCMP

2 fatal shootings of Indigenous people this month in N.B. are concerning, says First Nations advisor

Rodney Levi, a member of the Metepenagiag First Nation, was shot by a member of the Sunny Corner RCMP during an incident in Boom Road, N.B., on Friday evening. He later died in hospital. (Facebook )

The man fatally shot by New Brunswick RCMP Friday night has been identified by social media posts as Rodney Levi, 48, of the Metepenagiag First Nation. 

Indigenous woman killed by Edmundston, N.B., police during wellness check

A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia was fatally shot by a police officer she allegedly threatened during a wellness check in a northwestern New Brunswick city early Thursday. 

Family of Chantel Moore say she had recently moved east from British Columbia to live near her mother and daughter.

Her death came at a time of heightened attention on police actions and practices in the United States and Canada following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Protesters in downtown Toronto demand answers in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet

Published Saturday, May 30, 2020 6:36AM EDT 
Last Updated Saturday, May 30, 2020 4:42PM EDT

Bryann Aguilar, Web Content Writer, CP24

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“Justice for Regis” chants echoed throughout the streets of downtown Toronto Saturday afternoon as thousands of protesters demanded answers in the death of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who fell from her apartment balcony in High Park while police were present.

Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show

Notes from strategy session for raid on Wet’suwet’en nation’s ancestral lands show commanders argued for ‘lethal overwatch’

 in Wet’suwet’en territory and 

Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

Greece Anti-racism Movement Denounces Police Corruption

Athens, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Over the latest months Greece has witnessed a wave of race-motivated violence with the presence in Parliament of the Neofascist Golden Down Party, denounced Petros Konstantinu, coordinator of the Movement Against Racism.

Last Summer there were numerous reports of xenophobe incidents in the streets and at their homes through out Greece, including two fatal events, the death of an Iraqi youth in Athens and another from Tunisia in Tesalonica, Konstantinu reminded in interview for Prensa Latina.

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