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The unaccountable abuses of the covert has ensured we are the latest East Germany. The RCMP are one of many that has avoided accountability. TPS, OPP, Peel Region are the other main culprits. Story after story, as our economy burns, they fill their pockets...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brenda-lucki-systemic-racism-rcmp-1.5610355
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said today that she believes systemic racism exists in the police force she leads — after telling several media outlets this week that she was "struggling" to define the term.
"I did acknowledge that we, like others, have racism in our organization, but I did not say definitively that systemic racism exists in the RCMP," Lucki said in a media statement. "I should have.
"As many have said, I do know that systemic racism is part of every institution, the RCMP included. Throughout our history and today, we have not always treated racialized and Indigenous people fairly."
Lucki said that, as the country's top cop, she has a responsibility to ensure the force is "free of racism, discrimination and bias."
Since the death of George Floyd in police custody in the U.S., police in North America have been facing greater scrutiny about their treatment of minorities and use of violence.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brenda-lucki-systemic-racism-rcmp-1.5610355
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said today that she believes systemic racism exists in the police force she leads — after telling several media outlets this week that she was "struggling" to define the term.
"I did acknowledge that we, like others, have racism in our organization, but I did not say definitively that systemic racism exists in the RCMP," Lucki said in a media statement. "I should have.
"As many have said, I do know that systemic racism is part of every institution, the RCMP included. Throughout our history and today, we have not always treated racialized and Indigenous people fairly."
Lucki said that, as the country's top cop, she has a responsibility to ensure the force is "free of racism, discrimination and bias."
Since the death of George Floyd in police custody in the U.S., police in North America have been facing greater scrutiny about their treatment of minorities and use of violence.
