Black folks working in solidarity with communities seeking justice from racialized violence.
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ALT Screenshot of an Excel worksheet. Text at top reads: Abbotsford Police Department, General Occurrence Report data, 2016-2021. Below that are “slicer” radio button filters, for Year (2016 to 2021), Ethnicity (Asian, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, Middle Eastern, South Asian, White, Other, and Unknown and Blank are unselected) and Role Description, with 35 categories but only “Charged,” “Subject of Complaint,” “Suspect,” “Suspect Chargeable” and “Of Interest” selected. Below that is a pivot table with those categories, and columns for ethnicity, role description, % of Role, and % of Population. It shows, for example, Indigenous people were 4.82% of Abbotsford’s population, but 7.28% of the “Charged” role; 8.15% of the “Of Interest” role; 9.57% of the “Subject of Complaint” role; 7.91% of the “Suspect” role; and 17.6% of the “Suspect Chargeable” role.
ALT Image ID1: A blue banner affixed to a fence in central lonsdale. The banner features text: "Cops out of Wellness Checks. Cops out of everything. We remember Dani Cooper. Murdered by North Van RCMP on Nov 12, 2022. "I'm leaving and I have so much left to pray for, for the deaths to cease, for hope to build, for action to take root." - Dani Cooper, Sept. 2022." The banner also features illustrations of flowers, including 2 large lupines.
ALT Image ID2. Close-up of the centre of the banner. Text: " We remember Dani Cooper. Murdered by North Van RCMP on Nov 12, 2022"
ALT Image ID3. Close up of the right-side of the banner. Text: "I'm leaving and I have so much left to pray for, for the deaths to cease, for hope to build, for action to take root. - Dani Cooper, Sept. 2022.
ALT Image ID4. Close-up of the left-side of the banner. Text: "Cops out of Wellness Checks. Cops out of everything."
ALT The Board of Directors, Executive Director and entire clinical leadership team of Kílala Lelum Health Centre condemn the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) and RCMP’s treatment of Tyler Nielsen—a Métis outreach worker at our clinic. Tyler is a valued part of our team... Kílala Lelum is disappointed that the VPD has interfered with Tyler’s healthcare-oriented work. Our membership has high rates of negative experiences with law enforcement and systems of incarceration, and this policing pattern has the potential to act as a barrier for our staff/clinic’s ability to build therapeutic relationships in our community-based work. This pattern likewise has the potential to obstruct the ability of our membership to attend necessary, often critical, medical appointments in a timely fashion. Kílala Lelum denounces all forms of police harassment and violence in the Downtown Eastside and beyond. character limit - partial text only
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ALT In October, we lost 179 people to the poisoned drug supply. The pain felt by those who have lost their loved ones to this public-health crisis is profound. My heart goes out to the families, friends and communities that are grieving these losses.
