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Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt police meeting
demanding apology over shooting
Laura Hensley | July 17, 2015 12:34 AM ET
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Tyler Anderson/National PostA group
called Black Lives Matter-Toronto interrupt a police services board meeting in
Toronto, July 16, 2015. The group was protesting a lack of response by police
after an officer shot and killed Andrew Loku, a black man and father of five.
Protesters from the activist group
Black Lives Matter-Toronto descended on a meeting of the Toronto Police
Services Board on Thursday, interrupting proceedings and demanding apologies
from the mayor and the police chief over the killing of Andrew Loku.
The group’s co-founder, Rodney
Diverlus, told Chief Mark Saunders and Mayor John Tory that the
shooting of 45-year-old Loku, a black man who was killed on July 5 by
police, was unnecessary, and that the officers involved should be held
responsible for his death.
“Every single day, black bodies in
this city face violence. Whether it’s carding, whether it’s surveillance,
whether it’s physical violence, and whether it’s death. This is life and death
for us,” Diverlus said.
“We are here to let you know, and to
put you on watch, and to let you know that we will take action, and that black
lives matter.”
Tyler Anderson/National PostToronto
mayor John Tory looks on during a police services board meeting on July 16,
2015.
Diverlus and more than 15 other
protesters read a list of demands which included the immediate release of the
names of the officers who shot Loku, that charges be laid against those
officers and that the mayor and police apologize to Loku’s family and the city
as a whole.
Black Lives Matter also wants the
city to pay for Loku’s funeral, and is seeking financial compensation for the
deceased’s family.
One woman in the group
addressed the board with frustration and said, “Why is it OK for police to
kill members of our community? And they are never, ever, penalized.”
Loku, a refugee from South Sudan,
was shot at an apartment complex after he allegedly refused to drop a
hammer after being instructed by police to do so. Witnesses say he was
holding a hammer when police fired, but was calm and unthreatening.
A father of five, Loku was living in
a west Toronto apartment subsidized by the Canadian Mental Health
Association when he was killed. His death has added to the debate over how
police deal with race and those living with mental illness.
“People of Toronto are fed up with
the lip service,” Diverlus said during the protest. “We are seeking actions and
we are asking you to take action.”
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After the meeting ended and
protesters left, Saunders told reporters he “offers his condolences to
Loku’s family,” but added: “I don’t look for demands, I look for solutions.”
Saunders said the force has a system
in place when it comes to police conduct, and that the behaviour of officers is
taken very seriously.
“It’s important for us to have that
necessary transparency, and it’s also necessary that our men and women behave
appropriately when they’re working. And by and large they are, and by and large
we have a lot of good officers. ”
Black Lives Matter said they will
continue to protest for justice and on July 27 will be having “a day of
action.”
National Post
Laura Hensley/National PostBlack
Lives Matter-Toronto protesters at the Toronto Police Services Board meeting in
on July 16. 2015.
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