List of excessive police force incidents in Canada explained

This is a list of incidents involving proven excessive force by law enforcement in Canada.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Ontario

Saskatchewan

Members of the Saskatoon Police Service engaged in what have been called "starlight tours", where officers would take an Indigenous person to the edge of the city in the dead of winter and abandon them there with little to no clothing.[43] The earliest known case happened in 1976[44] and the latest known case happened in 2000.[45]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Killer officer walks free", by The Calgary Herald. https://web.archive.org/web/20150629003219/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=b415c853-bddc-4db7-834a-2a3cdcaa9640. dead. June 29, 2015.
  2. Web site: Alta. Mountie gets house arrest for beating.
  3. Web site: Boyle RCMP officer given conditional discharge in 2011 shooting.
  4. Web site: 3 Alberta police not guilty of aggravated assault, 1 guilty of assault Globalnews.ca. 2022-02-19. Global News. en-US.
  5. Web site: 'Verging on malicious': Pay docked for Edmonton police officer who broke man's eye socket. 2022-02-19. edmontonjournal. en-CA.
  6. Web site: Top court rejects police officer's bid to appeal conviction for assault of First Nations man.
  7. Web site: Gillard. Troy. Appeal dismissed for former Red Deer Mountie convicted of breach of trust. 2022-02-19. rdnewsnow.com. en.
  8. Web site: Northern Alberta RCMP officer sentenced to 15 months probation for assault on Indigenous man.
  9. Web site: Mother of son killed by Taser 'so happy' RCMP officer will get prison time for perjury - CBC News.
  10. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/inquiry-into-dziekanski-s-taser-related-death-resumes-monday-1.857112 Inquiry into Dziekanski's Taser-related death resumes Monday
  11. http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/british-columbia/transit-cops-bruce-shipley-alfred-wong-guilty-in-assault-of-jordan-dyck-1.3093003 Transit cops Bruce Shipley, Alfred Wong guilty in assault of Jordan Dyck
  12. Web site: Charges dropped against officer who shot and killed Hudson Brooks in South Surrey. 18 September 2019.
  13. Web site: B.C. police watchdog releases list of injuries sustained by Myles Gray in altercation with Vancouver police Vancouver Sun.
  14. Web site: Lindsay . Bethany . Mar 13, 2023 . 7 VPD officers to face hearing over allegations of unnecessary force in death of Myles Gray . CBC.
  15. News: December 8, 2020. Vancouver police officers criminally charged over violent takedown that victim says was racially motivated. CBC News.
  16. News: Nair. Roshini. June 24, 2020. Nursing student in civil suit against RCMP says wellness checks need to change. CBC News. June 29, 2020.
  17. News: June 24, 2020. RCMP officer seen stepping on student's head following a wellness check. CBC News. June 29, 2020.
  18. News: RCMP officer captured on video dragging nursing student is charged with assault. CBC. 2021-09-19. 2021-08-23.
  19. News: Popyk . Tom . Kelowna RCMP Officer Pleads Guilty to Assault in Violent 2020 UBCO Wellness Check' . 19 November 2022 . CBC News . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 7 November 2022.
  20. Francis . Daniel . 1919: The Winnipeg General Strike . History Today . 38 . 1984 . 4–8.
  21. http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/bloodysaturday/ Bloody Saturday
  22. Web site: Manitoba inquest questions seizure of clothing from man who died in custody. CBC. 30 April 2018.
  23. Web site: Inquest called into death of man punched, kicked by police . November 17, 2018 . April 25, 2023.
  24. Web site: Hatherly. Diana. April 11, 2020. Family of man fatally shot by Winnipeg police says he overcame 'troubled past' to care for kids. CBC.
  25. News: Campbellton RCMP officer found guilty of assault committed during 2021 arrest . June 14, 2024 . . February 28, 2024.
  26. News: McNally . Trevor . Sentencing delayed for officer who beat man outside Tim Hortons . June 14, 2024 . . June 11, 2024.
  27. Web site: Rosella. Louie. 2015-07-09. 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Black teen killed by two white cops in 1988. 2020-06-02. Mississauga.com. en-CA.
  28. Web site: 2006-05-05. ANTI_ BLACK RACISM IN CANADA. 2020-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20060505022627/http://www.aclc.net/antiba_criminaljustsys.htm. 2006-05-05.
  29. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/23/stuart-blower-tamari-hewko-toronto-police_n_4147856.html Judge Slams Police, Acquits Family Of Assault
  30. News: Kenneth Kidd . Tear gas fired in downtown rampage . thestar.com . 2010-06-27. 2010-06-27 . Toronto. https://web.archive.org/web/20100630071741/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/829238--tear-gas-fired-in-downtown-rampage?bn=1. 30 June 2010 . live.
  31. Web site: G20 — Toronto 2010 . Thestar.blogs.com . 2010-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20100524115504/http://thestar.blogs.com/g20/. 24 May 2010 . live.
  32. News: the CNN Wire Staff . G8 criticizes North Korea, Iran in final statement . CNN.com . 2010-06-27. 2010-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20100703154015/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/26/canada.g8.summit/index.html?hpt=T1. 3 July 2010 . live.
  33. Web site: Toronto G20 protest turns violent, city venues in lockdown . Digitaljournal.com . 2010-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20100628144955/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293894. 28 June 2010 . live.
  34. News: Goodyear. Sheena. Canadian journalist arrested, reportedly beaten. 27 June 2010. Toronto Sun. June 27, 2010.
  35. News: Police beat journalist covering G20: report . CBC News . 2010-06-28. 26 October 2010 .
  36. News: Alyshah . Hasham . G20 assault trial: Guilty verdict for officer who hit Adam Nobody. Toronto Star. September 12, 2013. October 20, 2013.
  37. http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/toronto/barrie-police-officer-guilty-of-assault-in-beating-at-mall-1.1319274 Barrie police officer guilty of assault in beating at mall
  38. http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/toronto/shopping-mall-assault-lands-police-officer-a-1-year-sentence-1.2101790 Shopping mall assault lands officer a 1 year sentence
  39. Web site: Judge Awards $27,000 To Man Beaten In Police Carding Incident. CBC News. May 12, 2015.
  40. Web site: Witness describes fatal confrontation between Abdirahman Abdi and police. CBC News. July 26, 2016.
  41. Web site: Internal report on Dafonte Miller police assault leaves 'unanswered questions,' Mayor Tory says. Toronto Star. July 25, 2017.
  42. Web site: 2020-11-05. Off-duty Toronto cop sentenced to nine months in jail in assault of Black man. 2020-11-07. thestar.com. en.
  43. Web site: Starlight Tours. Brass . Mervin . CBC News Online. 2004-07-02 . cbc.ca . 2016-04-01.
  44. News: Saskatoon police chief admits starlight cruises are not new. July 1, 2003. Windspeaker. Aboriginal Multimedia Society of Alberta. 15 February 2010.
  45. Web site: Left for dead in a Saskatchewan winter. Brown. DeNeen L.. November 22, 2003. MSN. 27 November 2010. SASKATOON, Saskatchewan. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050915100829/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3540725/. September 15, 2005.