Op-ed
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June 8, 2023 
Killer cops: the murder of Myles Gray
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…
DefundThePolice
Op-ed
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May 11, 2023
Cops out of CUPE, cops out of Labour: the CUPE 5089 endorsement of Mark Saunders for Toronto Mayor
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…
Analysis
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April 12, 2023
Accumulation by dispossession: The class violence of encampment evictions
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.
Feature
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April 11, 2023
Displacement = death
The City of Vancouver’s mass decampment of people sheltering in the Downtown Eastside is just the city’s latest assault on poor people.
Op-ed
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February 6, 2023
‘Proactive policing’ and Canada’s Scorpions
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…
Feature
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December 16, 2022
Christmas cops and kids: layered policing targeting children
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.
Feature
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November 22, 2022
Copaganda and layered policing: behind the Vancouver Police social safety net report
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…
Feature
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September 16, 2022
Justice delayed and distorted: Ontario police officers charged for killing 18-month old Jameson Shapiro
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…
Analysis
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September 6, 2022
Vigilantes and violence against unhoused people
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.
Feature
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August 12, 2022
Homes not cops needed at Hastings
“White saviourism turns people into projects; trauma and personal stories into fundraising campaigns; communities and marginalized groups into lucrative ‘causes.’ Justice sees people in the…
Feature
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March 30, 2022
Stop funding killer transit police
All policing is violence, and all forces kill. This includes private police and security guards, as I have documented previously. It also includes transit police,…
Interview
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March 23, 2022
Indigenous woman still jailed after two years without a trial
Binesi Ogichidaa is an outspoken advocate for Prison abolition and the rights of Indigenous Women. She is an organizer with Fund our Communities Defund the…