
Fighting the real grocery store thieves
In late August, multiple corporate media outlets circulated pictures supplied to them by the RCMP of two women wanted by police for stealing food items…
In late August, multiple corporate media outlets circulated pictures supplied to them by the RCMP of two women wanted by police for stealing food items…
Vancouver police officers killed Myles Gray on a hot August day in 2015. They pepper sprayed him, handcuffed him and tied his legs together with…
On May 7, CUPE 5089 announced its endorsement of former Toronto Police Service (TPS) chief Mark Saunders for mayor of Toronto. I consider this an…
On a hot August afternoon in 2015, an unknown number of Vancouver police officers killed Myles Gray. The violence they inflicted on him was so…
Encampment evictions through police violence are never about housing, safety, or community wellness. The street sweeps and encampment clearances are about control of space for property and profitability.
On January 7, 2023, five officers from the Memphis Police Department beat Tyre Nichols to death. The officers were members of the department’s proactive policing…
Layered policing takes many forms. Hallmarks of these programs are partnerships with community, groups, non-profits, and charities. These can soften or downplay the impacts of policing while providing police with some public relations cover.
During the first week of November, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) once again bumbled clumsily into the world of politics with a social safety net…
On November 26, 2020, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers shot and killed 18-month-old Jameson Shapiro and his father, William Shapiro (33) in the city of…
Threats and violence against unhoused people serve to reinforce property relations and labor markets, which inevitably harm all working-class people. They also serve purposes of further enclosure—establishing community or public spaces as sites of surveillance, policing, and social control.
On June 11, 2022, Toronto Mayor John Tory and Toronto Police Service (TPS) Chief James Ramer held a public session at North York’s 31 Division…
Police are state instruments of class violence, and are indispensable to the maintenance of capitalism. There are few ways in which that violence is deployed…