A tally compiled by The Canadian Press found police shot at 85 people in Canada between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 of this year — 41 fatally. Those numbers are based on available information from police, independent investigative units and reporting from The Canadian Press.

“This is a spectacularly unrelenting phenomenon,” said Temitope Oriola, a professor of criminology at the University of Alberta and president of the Canadian Sociological Association.

This year, the number of police shootings has nearly matched the total from 2022, when 94 people were shot at, 50 fatally. It remains a significant increase from four years ago, when there were 61 shootings, 38 of which were fatal.

The resulting snapshot shows more officers firing their guns since 2020, when the high-profile murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis spurred global movements urging police accountability and transparency.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Apparently cops killed six people during wellness checks, which is heartbreaking. Someone called the police because their loved one needed help. Instead of helping, police murdered their loved one.

  • girlfreddyOPEnglish
    121·
    11 months ago

    Sauve said police interactions have also become more confrontational, because there’s been an increase in the “general disrespect for anyone in authority” …

    Gee, I wonder why we don’t “respect” cops anymore? 🙄

    Maybe it’s because ACAB becomes truer every day.

  • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    85 people? Sorey, Canada, you’re no where near your southern siblings.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The family of a woman shot by an officer in Edmonton during a wellness check said her death was unnecessary, as the number of police shootings across Canada show little sign of relenting over the past four years.

    “I see my daughter’s death as being a result of a complete mishandling of the tools available to law enforcement in the application of dealing with mental health issues,” the family of the woman, who has not been publicly identified, said in a statement from their lawyer, Tom Engel.

    The resulting snapshot shows more officers firing their guns since 2020, when the high-profile murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis spurred global movements urging police accountability and transparency.

    Criminologists say officers need more training and restraint, while the RCMP union said police have been forced to the front lines of Canada’s mental health crisis and face increasingly dangerous situations.

    Sauve said police shootings in Canada remain rare compared to many other countries, but increasingly officers are encountering people with weapons.

    Due to pressures on overburdened social programs, Sauve said officers are also being relied on to respond to mental health crises and issues with homelessness.

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