Police Brutality

• ASIRT looking into Edmonton woman’s allegation of unprovoked police assault: ‘Smashed my face’

  Alberta's police watchdog is looking into a complaint from a woman who alleges unnecessary force was used during an interaction with Edmonton police in August.

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  Oct 1
  
• Quebec police watchdog investigating officer-involved fatal shooting in Far North

  The watchdog says the fatal incident happened when members of the Nunavik Police Service wanted to arrest someone who was inside a tent in Kangiqsualujjuaq on Tuesday night.

  Crime

  May 7, 2025
  
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• Montreal family wants answers after loved one dies following police intervention

  The victim's family says they don't know who placed the call, why police arrived in such large numbers, and why officers were, in their view, overly aggressive.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2025
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• Edmonton man speaks out as 2 officers charged with assault: ‘I didn’t resist. I didn’t fight’

  Max Bird is speaking out after he said he was punched and tasered by two Edmonton police officers, who have since been charged with assault causing bodily harm.

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2024
• Teenage girl tackled, injured by Edmonton police officer in case of mistaken identity

  An Edmonton girl fought for her life, fearing she was being abducted —but it turns out her would-be captors were police officers who mistook her for a domestic violence suspect.

  Crime

  Nov 16, 2023
• Another inquest jury recommends police body cameras after B.C. man fatally shot

  The inquest was held to find the facts behind the fatal police shooting of 39-year-old Waylon Edey of Yahk, B.C., who died in January 2015 after a traffic stop in Castlegar.

  Crime

  Sep 4, 2023
• Hamilton officer given suspended sentence, probation for assault on Indigenous man

  Hamilton Police const. Brian Wren now has a criminal record following an assault on Patrick Tomchuk during an arrest at a Mountain gas station in May 2022,

  Crime

  Jun 29, 2023
• NYPD reliance on ‘stop-and-frisk’ tactics likely illegal, U.S. monitor says

  The court-appointed federal monitor said using the tactic to combat gun violence is harming communities of colour and running afoul of the law.

  U.S. News

  Jun 5, 2023
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• Sentencing of Hamilton officer who pleaded guilty to assault of Indigenous man begins

  The first stage in the sentencing of Const. Brian Wren began Friday in Hamilton. He pleaded guilty to assaulting Patrick Tomchuk during an arrest at a gas station last May.

  Crime

  Jun 2, 2023
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• Myles Gray: After death ruled a homicide, family wants case reopened against police

  Gray died after a severe beating by Vancouver police officers that left him with hemorrhaging in his testicles and fractures in his eye socket, nose, voice box and rib.

  Crime

  May 2, 2023