A lack of police accountability and oversight is the sole reason for public anger

 This past weekend demonstrations across Canada by various groups and individuals demanding that governments defund police result from the lack of police accountability in Canada. Police violence has reached such an unacceptable level in this country that it has undermined people’s trust and confidence in our criminal justice system. Although the term

Links to City News stories about police misconduct

 Ottawa cop accused of creating racist meme found guilty, police board to hear https://ottawa.citynews.ca/police-beat/ottawa-cop-accused-of-creating-racist-meme-found-guilty-police-board-to-hear-3910008 Ottawa public school board ends police officer program https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/ottawa-public-school-board-ends-police-officer-program-3906390 Violent arrest of cyclist in Vancouver caught on video https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/08/12/video-violent-arrest-cyclist-vancouver/ "It was humiliating" : Black man speaks out after violent arrest https://www.facebook.com/CityNewsYEG/videos/272568030502181/?vh=e&d=n Toronto police officers among 10

Links to Ottawa Life articles police misconduct

 Oversight and temperament problems at Ottawa Police Service https://www.ottawalife.com/article/oversight-and-temperament-problems-at-ottawa-police-service?c=13 Attorney General must investigate misogyny at Ottawa Police https://www.ottawalife.com/article/attorney-general-must-investigate-misogyny-at-ottawa-police?c=13 Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella is proof a fish rots from the head down https://www.ottawalife.com/article/halifax-police-chief-dan-kinsella-is-proof-a-fish-rots-from-the-head-down?c=1 A hapless response to racism from Jacques Fremont's ivory tower at UOttawa https://www.ottawalife.com/article/a-hapless-response-to-racism-from-jacques-fremonts-ivory-tower-at-uottawa Seamus O'Regan's Failure at Grassy