The family of an Ottawa man who died after a no-knock raid in October 2020 is suing the Ottawa Police Services Board, alleging officers played a direct role in his death.
March 15 is the International Day Against Police Brutality, a day of action and solidarity against the violence of policing. In 2022, events are being organized in several cities across, and against, the occupying Canadian state. In 2021, there were at least 104 police-involved deaths in Canada. So far this year, at least 19 people have had their lives taken through police actions at the time of this writing.
Botched no-knock raids prompt calls to limit police tactic
The Fifth Estate27 days ago
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Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants.2:01
Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants despite growing concern about the trampling of charter rights, an investigation by CBC s
The Fifth Estate has found.
These raids, also called dynamic entries, involve heavily armed police barging into a home unannounced. Stun grenades that explode at ear-splitting decibels are often used.
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