Tag Archives: Police

Black Lives Matter — Toronto (BLMTO) is the a “movement to resisting anti-Black racism, state-sanctioned and institutional violence, and fighting for Black Lives.” According to BLMTO: We are a coalition of Black community members, students, artists, organizers, activists, and everything in between We work in solidarity with black communities seeking justice from state-sanctioned violence, including but not limited to: police ...

On Friday June 19, 2020 Hundreds of protesters affiliated with Black Lives Matter occupied College Street and painted the words “Defund the Police” outside of the Toronto Police Services headquarters. The organizer of the protest is “Not Another Black Life” that is affiliated with Black Lives Matter movement. The Facebook event posted by this group reads: Abolish the Police Juneteenth ...

Here is a document shared by Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project on organizing alternatives to policing in Toronto. The even will take place on June 20, 2020. A COMMUNITY FORUM TO ORGANIZE ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING IN TORONTO LOGISTICS NOTICE HOW THE FORUM WILL WORK We divided the forum into four parts. In each part, we will hear from 5 community members ...

Rose City Antifa – Official Background Rose City Antifa (RCA) was founded in Portland, Oregon in October of 2007. RCA was formed after a coalition of local people and organizations formed the ‘Ad-Hoc Coalition Against Racism and Fascism’ in order to shut down a neo-Nazi skinhead festival called Hammerfest. RCA continues the work of that Ad-Hoc Coalition and countless others ...

Radical activists affiliated with Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) declared Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) centered on a few blocks in Seattle’s downtown. The sign on the barricades reads: “You are now leaving the USA.” Other sign read: “This space is now the property of the Seattle people,” “No Cop Co-Op” and “End White Supremacy Now!” Booths offer free ...

On July 23, 2018 the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) identified 29 years old Faisal Hussain of Toronto as the man who carried out a day earlier a mass shooting attack in Toronto’s Greektown area.