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More taxes, more cops, no difference…

January 19, 2023 by Michael Maher

Jan 19, 2023 CBC News – Metro Morning - Jason d’Souza Mayor John Tory defends new spending on police, 10-cent TTC fare hike on Metro Morning - Tory says many residents, business owners have pushed for bigger police presence in city What Tory is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Amnesty International, city budgets, crisis response, drug overdoeses, expanded police funding, immigration, immigration quota, incarcerated women, Innocence Project, mental health, MLK, more cops, police discrimination, police overtime, policing costs, private prisoner transport, refugees, remand, sponsored agreement holders, supervised consumption sites, taxes

Hiring…

November 20, 2022 by Michael Maher

Nov. 20, 2022 Blogger Russell Webster (UK) Progress and Prejudices – Shifts in the UK employers’ attitude in hiring people with convictions “Employers more likely to hire people with convictions.” This piece of research makes it at least hopeful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Helpseeker, hiring, MLK, police budgets, policing, prison conditions, prison death, prison health, prison pregnancy, public safety, re-entry work, RJ Week, social cost of policing, UK stats, youth LWOP. de-escalation training

What ails us all…

July 22, 2020 by Michael Maher

July 22, 2020 Vox.com (US) - Ezra Klein Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal - A conversation about truth and reconciliation in the US. Stevenson is the author of the book and now movie of the same title – Just Mercy. He carries on an extended … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: assault gloves, black death, Covid-19, data collection, healing America, juvenile detention, military intelligence, MLK, obnoxious peace, police field training, police recruits, police unions, racism, RJ, tasered, truth and reconciliation