This is why they kneel

[SiteWolf]

I believe Canada has 3 primary parties....Conservatives (which are like our Republicans), Liberals, and the New Democratic party....oddly their Liberals are like our moderate Democrats while the New Democratic party is like our liberals

[valade16]

I am not all that familiar with Canadian politics, but I'd guess they don't have the equivalent of our Democratic party urging its constituents to riot in the name of peaceful protests.

Their entire country is the Democratic Party in that having some of the views conservatives have makes you a crackpot. Try being a political running on abolishing universal healthcare in Canada, see how far you’ll get.

[valade16]

I was curious as to Canada's policing regarding deaths. Funny enough, they don't have a national database to keep track of it but here is one source that I found:

https://criminallawoshawa.com/2020-l...ice-in-canada/

Here is their own database:

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/fatalpoliceencounters/

Here is a summary of black deaths by Canadian police officers.

The database reveals that Black and Indigenous Canadians are disproportionately represented amongst those fatalities resulting from encounters with police compared to the overall population. Indigenous people account for 16% of the deaths, but only make up 4.21% of the population. Black Canadians who died after police used force account for 8.63% and only make up 2.92% of the population in Canada. So black people are 3x over -represented in terms of dying to Canadian police officers while in America, blacks are 14% of the population and are 2.2x over-represented. And this is only the info the public has gathered from news reports by Canada. There could be a lot more that are missing since they do not have a national database.

Is Canada systematically racist? Blacks die at a higher rate by police officers in Canada than America.

If you know the history of indigenous peoples in Canada, you wouldn’t be asking that question.

Also, as to whether people are protesting in Canada, the answer is yes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geor...ests_in_Canada

[OceanSpray]

If you know the history of indigenous peoples in Canada, you wouldn’t be asking that question.

Also, as to whether people are protesting in Canada, the answer is yes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geor...ests_in_Canada

My post never said anything about Indigenous Canadians other than to copy and paste the full paragraph of the statistics regarding black deaths by police officers.

I also never asked if there were protests in Canada. I know there are protests. I am asking if there are riots every time a black person dies to a police officer in Canada.

[valade16]

My post never said anything about Indigenous Canadians other than to copy and paste the full paragraph of the statistics regarding black deaths by police officers.

I also never asked if there were protests in Canada. I know there are protests. I am asking if there are riots every time a black person dies to a police officer in Canada.

And I previously responded the reason there isn’t is because in Canada, when a police officer engages in police brutality (such as the video slamming the person to the ground) they actually stand trial. Juxtapose that with the US where police kill people and routinely do not face trial.

My point is: if police stood trial and were held accountable for brutality in the US, there wouldn’t be riots

[Kenny Powders]

I believe Canada has 3 primary parties....Conservatives (which are like our Republicans), Liberals, and the New Democratic party....oddly their Liberals are like our moderate Democrats while the New Democratic party is like our liberals

Our liberal government currently would be closer to the Bernie and AOC wing of the party while the conservatives would be some combination of moderate dem/Republican. In the last general election there was a far right party where the leader never won his seat and neither did any candidates in his party.

The green party, coincidentally, has some policies that would trend towards moderate democrats.

[OceanSpray]

And I previously responded the reason there isn’t is because in Canada, when a police officer engages in police brutality (such as the video slamming the person to the ground) they actually stand trial. Juxtapose that with the US where police kill people and routinely do not face trial.

My point is: if police stood trial and were held accountable for brutality in the US, there wouldn’t be riots

There was a riot when a guy with a knife wouldn't drop it and police killed him. There have been plenty of riots in America with no evidence of police brutality rather, dumb or mentally ill people refusing to listen to police officers. I'm not going to pretend that I know if every police officer is investigated for killing a black person. But the statistics are there to show that black people are more likely to die by police officers in Canada. The riots in America, largely, have been unwarranted. And we all know the riots is an excuse for looters to have a shopping extravaganza. It's not even about black lives for them. As for standing trial, you can't find one person who disagrees with you on corrupt officers being put on trial. But we also can't claim police brutality when there is no evidence of such. And it seems America is heading into that territory: Black person dies = police brutality. You know, it's funny how black men die at over 20x the rate of black women. Why is that? If police were targeting black people in general, why is there such a disparity that is similar to that of white men vs white women dying?

[SiteWolf]

There was a riot when a guy with a knife wouldn't drop it and police killed him. There have been plenty of riots in America with no evidence of police brutality rather, dumb or mentally ill people refusing to listen to police officers. I'm not going to pretend that I know if every police officer is investigated for killing a black person. But the statistics are there to show that black people are more likely to die by police officers in Canada. The riots in America, largely, have been unwarranted. And we all know the riots is an excuse for looters to have a shopping extravaganza. It's not even about black lives for them. As for standing trial, you can't find one person who disagrees with you on corrupt officers being put on trial. But we also can't claim police brutality when there is no evidence of such. And it seems America is heading into that territory: Black person dies = police brutality. You know, it's funny how black men die at over 20x the rate of black women. Why is that? If police were targeting black people in general, why is there such a disparity that is similar to that of white men vs white women dying?

Holy hell, are you suggesting that if a mentally ill person doesn't listen to police, it's justified to shoot them? Are you aware the man with a knife recently shot was having a mental crisis when they shot him? THESE are the cases many think could be BETTER de-escalated with someone trained in DEALING with mental issues on hand to PREVENT the need for officers to think they're justified to shoot.

Riots have been unwarranted?! Am I remembering wrong, or didn't you say you were a POC? Regardless...unwarranted?

Accountability may not eliminate riots, but it would certainly reduce the issues that RESULT in riots because of police brutality.

[dbroncsinmo]

Holy hell, are you suggesting that if a mentally ill person doesn't listen to police, it's justified to shoot them? Are you aware the man with a knife recently shot was having a mental crisis when they shot him? THESE are the cases many think could be BETTER de-escalated with someone trained in DEALING with mental issues on hand to PREVENT the need for officers to think they're justified to shoot.

Riots have been unwarranted?! Am I remembering wrong, or didn't you say you were a POC? Regardless...unwarranted?

Accountability may not eliminate riots, but it would certainly reduce the issues that RESULT in riots because of police brutality.

Come on man. That dude was obviously intent on stabbing someome. Mental condition or not, you don't let someone stab someone. You're solution would've just ended with a couple social workers stabbed. Brilliant.

And yes. The riots are 100% unwarranted and are not accomplishing a thing other than making insurance prices skyrocket.

[Crovash]

I also never asked if there were protests in Canada. I know there are protests.

Plausible deniability?

That **** was in Canada. Where are the protests in Canada... Where are the claims of police brutality and rioting?.

[valade16]

There was a riot when a guy with a knife wouldn't drop it and police killed him. There have been plenty of riots in America with no evidence of police brutality rather, dumb or mentally ill people refusing to listen to police officers. I'm not going to pretend that I know if every police officer is investigated for killing a black person. But the statistics are there to show that black people are more likely to die by police officers in Canada. The riots in America, largely, have been unwarranted. And we all know the riots is an excuse for looters to have a shopping extravaganza. It's not even about black lives for them. As for standing trial, you can't find one person who disagrees with you on corrupt officers being put on trial. But we also can't claim police brutality when there is no evidence of such. And it seems America is heading into that territory: Black person dies = police brutality. You know, it's funny how black men die at over 20x the rate of black women. Why is that? If police were targeting black people in general, why is there such a disparity that is similar to that of white men vs white women dying?

First Bolded: What do you expect mentally ill people to do, behave as you and me?

Second Bolded: OK, but that has nothing to do with whether they are held accountable. If all the Canadian police who kill black people to go prison and none of the US police who kill black people do, then the US has a bigger problem.

Third Bolded: Well this is factually untrue. There were a ton of people saying Breonna Taylor's killers shouldn't go on trial, the Kentucky AG felt that way in fact. So much so, he failed to tell the grand jury about self defense laws or even push for any charge of homicide, to the point where the Grand Jury members have said how he handled it was terrible.

The bottom line is we have a problem in this country, and it's not new. the Rodney King riots were 1992. **** the Police came out in 1988. That is 30 years of complaining about the same behavior from police.

If people have been complaining about the same problem with police for literally 30 years, it's because there is a problem with police.

[Sick Of It All]

I don’t get why they used guns instead of a taser?

[dbroncsinmo]

I don’t get why they used guns instead of a taser?

Because the police force only has enough funds to equip 30% of the officers with tazers. Ya know, defund the police and all.

[ewing]

Because the police force only has enough funds to equip 30% of the officers with tazers. Ya know, defund the police and all.

So I guess they had them until about 3 months ago? Btw I don’t blame the cops in this instance. I don’t know what to do about it. Regardless “defund the police” isn’t why they didn’t have tazers


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[valade16]

Because the police force only has enough funds to equip 30% of the officers with tazers. Ya know, defund the police and all.

Or perhaps it's a matter of misplaced priorities since Police have plenty of money for all this badass tactical gear, camo, and tanks. That and the 30% tazer armament is true when we haven't even defunded the police yet.