Two and a half years after Edmonton Public Schools voted to suspend its School Resource Officer (SRO) program, the board has not made a decision on whether or not to reinstate it.
Author of the article: Dave Breakenridge
Publishing date: Dec 29, 2020 • December 29, 2020 • 2 minute read • Demonstrators cheer during the A Fight for Equity rally at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on June 5, 2020. The demonstration follows worldwide Black Lives Matter protests set off by the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia, file
Article content
George Floyd wasn’t the first, and sadly probably won’t be the last, Black man to be killed by police in the United States.
But his death in May, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic, galvanized people around the world.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.