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Fredericton to take closer look at Black Lives Matter report on police
Group urges more public oversight of police operations
· CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2020 9:47 AM AT
Black Lives Matter Fredericton organizer Husoni Raymond presented report to city council on Monday night. (Logan Perley/CBC)
Black Lives Matter Fredericton is calling for a public hearing into police operations and community safety in the city.
Husoni Raymond, one of the organizers of Black Lives Matter Fredericton, said police have too many varied responsibilities, and more public input is needed into police operations.
"There is no civilian oversight of police to actually help determine the scope, determine the budget allocations, or to hold police accountable in any way," he told a meeting of council in committee.
Raymond highlighted several problems with the way the Fredericton Police Force operates, including a lack of transparency regarding policy and budgeting, he said.
"When we talk about reallocating police funding and reconsidering the way in which we do community safety, it's about making sure that not just this one group of people have the responsibility, or we're charging them to address all these problems, but more of a community-oriented or community solution to these problems."
Coun. John MacDermid said the recommendation was a good starting point.
Council moved to have staff review the recommendation and report back on the information Raymond presented.
"That will give both council time to think about what you've presented to us as individuals," said MacDermid. "It will give staff some time to really dig down into some of those jurisdictional issues, whether it's with the relationship between municipality and the province, but also what other municipalities are doing in terms of this."
No one on council or with the police department would speak with reporters after the meeting. Instead, city communications manager Wayne Knorr gave a statement:
"Certainly tonight was about listening," he said. "The city needed to make space for this important discussion. And staff have been, as you heard, instructed to bring back a report with more detail for council's consideration."
No date was set for the staff report to come back to council.
For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here.
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Methinks Justice Bell formerly of he RCMP, his buddy Higgy a former wannabe leader of the CoR Party and my Mother's second husband a former Chief Electoral of NB should at least affirm that I was one of the founding members of the Anglo Society back in the eighties when Trudeau the Elder mandated the my dear Mother in Law who worked for the RCMP in Fat Fred City since 1954 like her Father Staff Sgt Jones before her had to learn French or quit the force N'esy Pas?
Why does CBC capitalize “Black”?
CBC News adopted this style in June 2020 to:
Acknowledge the distinctiveness of shared Black history and Black culture.
Respect frequently voiced preferences of Black people.
Reflect increasingly common usage in Canada and the U.S.
Publishing convention has been to use lowercase letters for racial, ethnic and nationality labels not directly rooted in proper nouns (e.g., African, European and Latino, but "black," "white" and "brown"), but English evolves, and our conventions evolve with it.
CBC News started capitalizing Indigenous, Aboriginal and Native in 2016, for example, to recognize that those words reflect people's distinct identities and cultures. Writing Black with a capital "B" has strong parallels. Although using "black" satisfies old and debatable typographical rules, it doesn't mirror the realities of Black history and Black culture. It also fails to clearly and suitably flag personal identities the way that dozens of routinely capitalized terms do (e.g., Arabic, Asian, Caribbean, Caucasian, Celtic, Hispanic, Roma, South Asian).
CBC News does not capitalize “white” because:
There's no compelling evidence of a comparable shared "white history" or "white culture."
The umbrella term "white" refers to people with lighter skin, mainly of European descent, who already enjoy various capitalized terms to express their identities (e.g., Baltic, Irish, Nordic, Slavic).
There's no widespread championing of "White" in everyday English. Instead, the most passionate advocates also often appear to promote white separatism and white supremacy.
We will review our decision if Canadian English usage shifts.
Source: CBC Language Guide
The police authority is not given carte blanche They must act within the law as they enforce just like everyone else The cops are public servants and must be properly overseen to insure that they are accountable to the same laws we are.
FYI That is why the RCMP and I began butting heads in 1982
its a a divisive argument promoted fro the benefit of who?
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Lauren Bird · CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2020 8:54 PM AT
BLM has the powerful aid of the mass media. Politicians are taken down by the media. Actually many fear the media.
Also the " authoritarian mentality " of the police needs to be addressed. No matter how one wants to address their jobs , their mandate , like most all others, is TO PROVIDE A SERVICE " !!! " To serve and protect " means just that ! Not to bully , denigrate , or manhandle the people they serve , but to provide a service ! There are too many officers who appear to think otherwise !
"it's about making sure that not just this one group of people have the responsibility"... again, that group is our elected officials. The Utopian dream of government by committee (or by social media influencers) is such a joke.
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