
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…
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…
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.
The City of Vancouver’s mass decampment of people sheltering in the Downtown Eastside is just the city’s latest assault on poor people.
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.
“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…
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,…
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…