(en) Canada, Inchpin.ca: Sammy's Legacy: Building a Community Response to Police Impunity By Zoey

Thread View: gwene.ainfos.en

1 messages

[T] Back to Threads [V] Tree View [G] Group Articles

1 total messages Started by a-infos-en@ainfo Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:16

#3979

Author: a-infos-en@ainfo
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:16

13 lines
920 bytes

On Saturday July 27, 2013, eighteen year old Sammy Yatim, a resident of Toronto, died at
 the hands of the Toronto police. A video of the incident posted to youtube reveals Sammy,
 armed with a small knife and seemingly intoxicated, occupying an empty street car near
 Trinity Bellwoods park surrounded by a group of roughly ten officers. With barely a
 warning, a particularly overzealous cop fired nine shots into Sammy's body; shortly
 thereafter, a second officer tasered him as he lay fatally wounded. A single police
 officer, Constable James Forcillo, has been suspended with pay. According to the Sunshine
 List (a list of public sector employees making over $100,000 per year), James Forcillo's
 annual salary is just under $107,000. Clearly, commitment to one's role as a vendor of
 human misery and suffering doesn't come cheap.
 ...

<p><a href="http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos28335.html">Link</a>

Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads