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Downtown Eastside Residents Say They Were Taunted and Harassed by Two Police Officers
Complaint filed by 17 people shows the need for special training for those assigned to the neighbourhood, advocate says.
Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. SHARES ‘I don’t think the community is safe with these two officers,’ says Ronnie Grigg, who has worked in safe consumption sites in the neighbourhood.
Photo by Jackie Dives.
In September 2018, Mari-Louise Harpe went outside her building in the Downtown Eastside to have a cigarette. Two police officers told her she had to move, even though Harpe tried to explain she lived in the building.