Over two years ago, the Vancouver PD was caught on camera beating and tasering UBC student Jamiel Moore-Williams (who is Black) for the crime of jaywalking. Two of the cops involved have finally been charged but remain on active duty. https://twitter.com/CBCVancouver/status/1336493275813965825
The details in this story are awful. For jaywalking, he was forced to the ground, kicked in the head and body, and tasered "seven to fourteen" times. Unsurprisingly, an RCMP investigation of the incident found the cops shouldn't face charges. And they're still on active duty!
I have lots of friends who generally support BLM and defunding the police, but think that the VPD is somehow different. They're not. They continue to violently target black and indigenous members of our community. It's unacceptable and it needs to stop.
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