Thunder Bay Police Board Joins Police Union in Declaring Outcome of Ongoing Racism Review
Blanket Denial Theme of Public Comments of Thunder Bay Police Board: “There are no facts that there is systemic racism in the Thunder Bay Police Service.” [Board Vice-Chair]
Amidst allegations that their police officers too easily pre-determine the outcomes of the River Deaths of Indigenous people (“no foul play”) and are incapable of conducting bias-free investigations, the Vice Chair of the Thunder Bay Police Services Board, Brian McKinnon, has already pre-determined the outcome of the ongoing OIPRD Investigation into systemic racism at the police service he is supposed to oversee.
“I don’t anticipate anything like that coming out … There are no facts that there is systemic racism in the Thunder Bay Police Service.”
In the News
- Police board responds to OIRPD review TBNewsWatch, May 25, 2017
- Thunder Bay police chief charged with breach of trust Toronto Star, May 23, 2017
- Documents shed light on charges facing Thunder Bay police chief The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2017
- Thunder Bay review of police practices with Indigenous people to include two recent cases Toronto Star, May 22, 2017
- Levesque placed on administrative suspension tbnewswatch, May 25, 2017
- Thunder Bay police chief placed on administrative suspension CBC, May 26, 2017
- Suspended Levesque to step down as OACP vice-president tbnewswatch, May 27, 2017
- Police Chief charged tbnewswatch, May 23, 2017
- Online petition seeks lighting, cameras on local waterways tbnewswatch, May 20, 2017
