Politics and its Discontents

I have avoided writing on incidents of police brutality and racism for some time now, not because they are on the decline (check out some of...

I received two very thoughtful reactions to my post the other day on the decision of the Gay Pride organizers to accede to the demand by ...

Just back last evening from our Cuban sojourn, it will take a little while to get my blogging and political legs back up to speed, given t...

That famous line from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody might have been the inspiration, and is certainly the subtext, for James Forcillo and h...

Looking at the sidebar that lists the tags on my blog posts, I see I have written well over 100 entries on the police, most of them dealin...

At the risk of overgeneralizing, it is easy to see why a reactionary institution like the police occupies a Manichean, bifurcated world, w...

We've all seen the videos depicting the murder of Sammy Yatim at the hands of Toronto police officer James Forcillio. Although Forcillo ...

I cannot imagine the ongoing pain that the family of Alex Wettlaufer is experiencing. Less than a month ago, 21-year-old Alex was killed ...

To listen to James Forcillo, the Toronto police officer who shot Sammy Yatim eight times as the knife-wielding teen stood inside an empty s...

I remember very vividly when I was a young fellow how much the police seemed to be a part of the community. When I was in high school, I h...

Whether justice will ever be achieved in the terrible death of Rodrigo Gonsalez or the vicious beating of Santokh Bola remains an open ...

Last night, the CBC reported on the case of Rodrigo Gonzalez, the subject of yesterday's post and the latest to die at the hands of Tor...

While I realize there is an element of hyperbole in the title of this post, I cannot help but think that for many vulnerable people, the Tor...

So says Toronto police spokesman and perennial apologist Mark Pugash about the beating administered by the police to Santokh Bola, a victim...

This is what happens when you have a 'blue wall' culture, facilitated by a police chief who often seems more politician than top cop...

Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I am a regular critic of the police. While recognizing the at-times difficult job they ha...

It is heartening to know that the Hamilton police are discharging their duties responsibly, as attested to by a video that went viral this...

Given the killing of people like Sammy Yatim and Steve Mesic and the taser takedown of Iole Pasquale , it would seem a legitimate questio...

Although long, the road to criminal justice for Adam Nobody has finally ended; the police officer who viciously assaulted him during the i...

Leadership is a word that evokes many associations; strength, vision, determination and resolve are a few of the positive ones. Selfishne...