Collected Item: “Masks and Violence: Ontario man dies in police shooting after mask dispute in grocery store”
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Masks and Violence: Ontario man dies in police shooting after mask dispute in grocery store
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news article
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An article relaying an incident which encompasses two of the largest issues facing Canada, and Ontario, specifically at the moment: the coronavirus (and subsequent public health measures) and changing views on the role of police in society.
A 78 year old man was shot and killed by police after if he refused to wear a mask in a supermarket in cottage country north of Toronto. He then assaulted an employee and drove off recklessly, prompting police to attend his house to arrest him, where the fatal incident occurred. The body responsible for the investigation of this and other police involved deaths in Ontario, the SIU, has come under scrutiny this year as social justice advocates feel it is inappropriate for a watch dog body to be made up largely of retired police officers is not impartial.
A 78 year old man was shot and killed by police after if he refused to wear a mask in a supermarket in cottage country north of Toronto. He then assaulted an employee and drove off recklessly, prompting police to attend his house to arrest him, where the fatal incident occurred. The body responsible for the investigation of this and other police involved deaths in Ontario, the SIU, has come under scrutiny this year as social justice advocates feel it is inappropriate for a watch dog body to be made up largely of retired police officers is not impartial.
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masks, grocery store, frontline workers, skeptic, violence, response to skeptic, police
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-man-dies-in-police-shooting-after-mask-dispute-in-grocery/?cmpid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Molly Hayes and Cherise Seucharan, the Globe and Mail
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2020-07-16