A man died from injuries received in a car crash after a police pursuit in Morden, Manitoba on January 22, 2021. The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU), which examines cases of police harm to civilians in the province, is investigating. They report that an officer of Morden Police Service tried to stop a vehicle at around midnight. The vehicle allegedly sped away, and the officer pursued it, later finding it flipped over on its side in a field. The driver and passenger were outside the vehicle. Both were transported to hospital, where the passenger died.
Monthly Archives: January 2021
30-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Tased (Sault Ste. Marie, Jan. 23, 2021)
A 30-year-old man died after being tased by a Sault Ste. Marie Police Service officer on the evening of January 23, 2021. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU)is investigating.
They report that officers were deployed to an apartment building located at 725 Albert Street East at around 7:30 PM for an “unwanted person.” Upon arrival, officers located the man who allegedly held a knife. Officers discharged a taser on the man. He was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:41 PM.
The SIU have assigned four investigators and two forensic investigators to examine the death. One subject officer and eight witness officers have been designated.
Forty-Nine-Year-Old Dies in Ottawa Police Custody (Jan. 19, 2021)
A 49-year-old man died in Ottawa police custody on the evening of January 19, 2021. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which examines cases of police harm in Ontario, is investigating. They report that Ottawa Police Service officers arrested the man on a drug warrant at around 4:45 PM at a home on Carling Avenue. The man was transported to the police station and put in a cell. At about 9:30 PM, the man was found to be unresponsive and Emergency Medical Services was called. They found him without vital signs. The man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:04 PM.
This is another death of the war on drugs carried out by Canadian police. This is the second death in Ottawa Police Service custody this month. Both involved arrests for consumption practices. On January 2, a man died after being arrested on the assumption that he was intoxicated.
61-Year-Old Man Subdued and Handcuffed in Ambulance Dies (Jan. 14, 2021)
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the death of a 61-year-old man in Fort Erie who was subdued and handcuffed by Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) officers while in an ambulance on January 14, 2021.
According to the SIU, NRPS officers arrived at Lakeshore Road and Adelaide Street at around 2:10 PM regarding a patient with Emergency Medical Services who was in an ambulance and being transported from his home to hospital.
Police subdued and handcuffed the patient. On Thursday, January 14, 2021, the man died in hospital. He was pronounced dead at 11:59 PM.
The SIU has assigned one investigator and two forensic investigators to the case. They have designated one subject officer and one witness officer.
Man Shot and Killed by Niagara Regional Police Identified as Martin Gordyn (27)
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has publicly identified the man shot and killed by Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) officers on January 5 as 27-year-old Martin Gordyn. Details remain sketchy at this point. Initial reports suggest that police were called regarding someone being impaired and/or two people sleeping in a car. The killing occurred near a park trail.
This appears to have been a major operation given the number of officers involved and the presence of three police forces. According to the SIU, one NRPS officer has been designated as a subject officer. In addition, 23 officers with NRPS, three officers with Niagara Parks Police, and five officers with the Ontario Provincial Police have been designated as witness officers.
Vancouver Police Shoot and Kill Chester Libo-On in Downtown Eastside (Jan. 5, 2021)
Vancouver Police Department (VPD) officers shot and killed Chester Libo-On, a 37-year-old man, in the city’s Downtown Eastside in the early morning of Tuesday, January 5, 2021. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), which examines cases of police harm to civilians in British Columbia, is investigating.
It has been reported that the victim was in distress and paramedics were called to a residential building near Princess Avenue and Hastings Street just before 5 AM. Paramedics called police regarding a man acting “erratic and aggressive.” Police arrived and shot him. It has been reported that two VPD officers fired five shots at the victim.
Once again police action against someone in distress ends with that person being killed by cops. Policing is not about health and wellness.
Man Shot and Killed by Police in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Jan. 5, 2021)
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which examines cases of police harms in Ontario, is investigating the police killing of a man in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the afternoon of January 5, 2021. A Niagara Regional Police presence has been reported in the area of Line 3 and the Niagara Parkway.
This is a breaking situation and no further details are currently available.
It is now reported that Niagara Regional Police officers were responding to reports of an impaired driver and located a vehicle around 2:20 PM. It has also been reported that a call was made to police regarding two people sleeping in a car. It has not been confirmed that the person killed was related to the call or that the person was driving while impaired. In any event no one should be shot and killed for being impaired or for sleeping in a car.
The SIU has assigned four investigators and three forensic investigators to examine the killing. One NRPS officer has been designated as a subject officer. Two NRPS officers and two Niagara Parks Police officers have been designated as witness officers.
Man Dies While in Ottawa Police Transport (Jan. 2, 2021)
A man died while being transported by Ottawa Police Service officers in the afternoon of Januar2,2020 According to the Special Investigations Unit, which examines cases of police harm to civilians in Ontario, Ottawa Police Service officers went to the Lord Elgin Hotel at around 12:15 PM on report of an intoxicated man in front of the hotel. They decided to transport the man to the Shepherds of Good Hope shelter. The SIU reports that when they arrived at the shelter the officers noticed that the man had become unresponsive. Emergency Medical Services were called and the man was placed in an ambulance where he was pronounced dead at 1:17 PM. Three investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to the case.
Each year many people are taken into police custody for nothing more than an assumption that they are intoxicated. And several die in police custody every year. Police should not be called for intoxication and people should not be detained for it.
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