Police/Prisons

During the pandemic, police have been granted new powers that disproportionately target migrants, street-bound people, sex...
Law enforcement officers have been given more powers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the people most affected are also the...
  • Poster saying Fuck the Police. Rest in Power. Fly high Chug.
At least five people had their lives taken in Canadian police actions in April 2023. Three of the victims have been publicly...
  • Poster being held saying Police Out of Politics. Image of a pig with a police hat.
On April 28, British Columbia’s Solicitor-General and Minister of Public Safety, Mike Farnworth, finally announced his decision...
  • Highway 16, or the Highway of Tears, in northern British Columbia. (Via Wikimedia)
There is a road in northern British Columbia where, over the past 50 years, dozens of people have either disappeared or been...
  • RCMP vehicle with lights on at night.
At least eight people had their lives taken in Canadian police actions in March 2023. Three people were shot and killed by police...
  • Posters on RCMP window saying charge killer cops and crown charge killer RCMP
Communities still know too little about police killings in Canada. There remains no official database or formal and consistent...
  • RCMP SUV on street.
At least six people had their lives taken in Canadian police actions in February 2023. This includes two people who were shot and...
  • Banner saying, Racism Kills! Defund Police and Prisons
Dale Culver, a 35-year-old Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan man and father of three children, was killed by RCMP officers during a brutal...
  • Side of Prince Albert Police car.
At least four people had their lives taken in police actions in January 2023. This includes people who police actively killed, as...

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