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Fascism is not to be debated! It is to be smashed! Fighting Fascism is Self Defense!
Video captured of peaceful protester Justin Howell being carried unconscious after sociopath police officers shot several bullets, hitting him in the head. Police tell protesters to bring him to them so he could receive help only to be shot with more bullets.
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Hi everyone,
Mod Lesya here.
On May 27th, 2020, police were called on Regis Korchinski-Paquet to take her to the mental health hospital for treatment. Instead of receiving care, she was pushed off the balcony by police. The police are calling it “unfounded allegations” and have claimed her death as a suicide.
News about her death isn’t widespread, and the police coverup has been swift. There is a long racist history with Toronto police, and they are a notoriously corrupt police force even among police forces.
The story is: while her mother and brother waited in the hall, police entered the apartment. Her family heard her cry for help, silence, then police returning saying she fell to her death.
Canada has had sporadic protests in response, but I do not want her death to be downplayed by the situation in America. This is an international issue of police violence.
Police are just as corrupt, just as racist, and just as terrible in Canada as they are in America. This is being tagged as Black Lives Matter because it is primarily about Regis, and this section is to detail how her death is not an isolated incident of racialized violence by police.
Black and Indigenous people have been killed in Canada en masse either by police, or their deaths at the hands of others have been ignored by police.
Toronto had a homophobic serial killer targeting black and brown men that was ignored by police for years.
Some high profile racialized deaths across Canada (primarily Indigenous and black immigrants)
Colton Boushie’s killer was allowed to walk free
While this isn’t specifically to Black lives, it shows that Canada’s justice system is not better than America’s.
As far as I’m aware, most protests remained peaceful, and no violence has erupted. The protests are taking the form of vigils, primarily. Protests are also scheduled at later dates.
Montreal protests turned violent on June 1st at 8 pm, after 3 hours of peace, when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd. This protest is specifically being reported as one for George Floyd.
Violence in Canada has remained minimal, but most people are not aware of the death. Canada is beginning to spark in protests in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.
If you are American, please focus on American relief efforts. They need it.
If you are Canadian, call/email:
City Councillor Gord Perks - Parkdale - High Park councillor_perks@toronto.ca / 416-329-7919
MPP Bhutilla Karpoche - Parkdale - High Park BKarpoche-CO@ndp.on.ca / 416-763-5639
MP Arif Virani - Parkdale - High Park Arif.Virani@parl.gc.ca / 416-769-5072
Mayor of Toronto John Tory mayor_tory@toronto.ca / 416-397-2489
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders officeofthechief@torontopolice.on.ca / 416-808-2222
Solicitor General - Minister Sylvia Jones sylvia.jones@pc.ola.org / 416-325-0408 / 519-941-7751
Attorney General of Ontario Dough Downey doug.downey@pc.ola.org / attornygeneral@ontario.ca / 416-326-2220 / 705-726-5538
Special Investigations Unit of Toronto: 1-800-787-8529 OR 416-622-0748 https://www.siu.on.ca/en/contact.php Address concerns to SIU Director Joseph Martino
Ontario Ombudsman to conduct an independent investigation: info@ombudsman.on.ca
Find your local MPP https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information?fbclid=IwAR3tPJIxeYmUcc4U-GGv5shp4kFvHRbFfcT6VtqOhFhqDxJzfI_E-bWmXgk
Gofundme:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis
Sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-regis-korchinski-paquet
More resources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0TGDdHJIO6FGkKNWBBXINUmfGSXdM8eK6eY2ZmrK8Q/mobilebasic
If you are against BLM, you are unwelcome on my page.
If you support AllLivesMatter or BlueLivesMatter, you are not my friend.
If you think the riots are unjustified and irrational, unfollow me right now.
I am not black, but I support the black community all the way. I cannot possibly understand your pain or your suffering, but I'm with you. Now and forever.
Video captured of peaceful protester Justin Howell being carried unconscious after sociopath police officers shot several bullets, hitting him in the head. Police tell protesters to bring him to them so he could receive help only to be shot with more bullets.
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So, when we’re marching, and protesting, and posting about the Michael Brown Jrs and the Atatiana Jeffersons of the world…. Tell your friends to pull up.
Rihanna Says Tell Your Friends Of Other Races To “Pull Up” For Black Issues
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I finally watched She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Scorpia stole my heart and Scorpia/Perfuma is the cutest <3
When in doubt, go to the library!
happy pride fuck the police
happy pride fuck the police
Mushrooms!
Marsha P. Johnson within the crowd at a New York Gay Pride (1982)
Reminder that Stonewall wasn’t about marriage equality. Stonewall was about police brutality. It was about systemic abuse and subordination. Stonewall was spearheaded by black trans women. As we celebrate Pride 2020, within the context of the Black Lives Matter riots, it’s imperative that we remember that.
Riots in protest of police brutality are the reason that we have more rights today. Do not forget your roots.
You can’t celebrate Pride while simultaneously condemning the Black Lives Matter riots and protests that are happening right now. Know your history.
Walt Whitman, ‘Song of Myself’, Leaves of Grass
[Text ID: “Do I contradict myself? Very well then….I contradict myself; I am large….I contain multitudes.”]