“Nationally, the vast majority of victims of police shootings are
Caucasian, which is not surprising given that this is the largest racial
group in the country.
However, when taking into account the racial and
ethnic composition of the overall population, two distinct groups are
overwhelmingly over-represented in these encounters: black and
Indigenous people.For example, black people in Toronto made up on average 8.3 per cent
of the population during the 17-year window, but represent nearly 37 per
cent of the victims.In Winnipeg, Indigenous people represent on average 10.6 per cent of
the population, but account for nearly two thirds of victims.““Of the 461 cases involving a fatal police encounter, the CBC could only
identify 18 cases where criminal charges were laid against an officer.
Of these cases, there have been two convictions. Some of the cases are
still before the courts.”
The link actually contains a searchable list of the 461 cases, with as many faces as they could find. Pretty impressive effort to document the victims.
I do suspect that a part of the image may be missing here, mostly because I’m used to seeing far more ‘highly suspicious deaths in custody’ in lists made in other countries.
QueerAnarchism 