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Black people more likely to be arrested, charged, shot and killed by Toronto police, Ontario Human Rights Commission finds

Black people are more likely to be arrested, charged, shot and killed by Toronto police than white people and other racialized groups, according to new “highly disturbing” research released by the Ontario Human Rights Commission Monday. An analysis of Toronto police arrest and charge data… Read More »Black people more likely to be arrested, charged, shot and killed by Toronto police, Ontario Human Rights Commission finds

Biden’s comments on race could alienate young Black voters, lawmakers say – National

Joe Biden’s controversial remarks about race this week risk alienating young Black voters who despise President Donald Trump but are not inspired by his Democratic rival. When pressed by Errol Barnett of CBS News on whether he’d taken a cognitive test, Biden responded that the… Read More »Biden’s comments on race could alienate young Black voters, lawmakers say – National

Black-owned businesses see spike in sales amid racism protests – National

When Mahdi Hashemian was looking for a bicycle for his seven-year-old daughter Zeynab last week, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident decided to skip his local cycle shops in favour of a Black-owned one a few miles away in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. At Spokehouse, a bike shop… Read More »Black-owned businesses see spike in sales amid racism protests – National

Here is the status of calls to disarm, defund and reform Ontario police amid anti-racism protests

The growing outrage over anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian policing — reflected in higher use-of-force rates, higher arrest rates, over-representation in jails and prisons and failure to investigate crimes particularly when the victims are Indigenous women and girls — has renewed the public push… Read More »Here is the status of calls to disarm, defund and reform Ontario police amid anti-racism protests

From police shootings to protests over anti-Black racism: Toronto’s last three decades of racial controversy

The falling death of Afro-Indigenous woman Regis Korchinski-Paquet in the presence of police officers is sparking outrage and protest in Toronto as cities across the U.S. have meanwhile erupted in several days of anger over the shocking death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man… Read More »From police shootings to protests over anti-Black racism: Toronto’s last three decades of racial controversy