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To mark International Day Against Police Brutality AKA #IDAPB #IDAPB2021 the @defund604 has released its first set of four posters. They've also made their way to the streets of so-called vancouver over the past week!
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POSTER 2: 100 People in so-called Canada between January 2017 and June 16 2020 were shot and killed by police. Image 4: There is text that goes “100 People in so-called
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[THREAD ON POLICING] March 15 - International Day Against Police Brutality AKA #IDAPB #IDAPB2021

#IDAPB was first observed in 1997 thanks to organizing by the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (Montreal), and the Black Flag group (Switzerland).

1/21
“Cdn” media portrays police brutality as something that stops at an arbitrary border -everywhere there are police there is police brutality. During the #BLM protests of 2020, Montreal police used tear gas against protesters, a chemical weapon banned for use in warfare.

2/21
From 2000-17, the #VPD in the #DTES and the #RCMP in Northern BC (V0J) killed people at the highest rates in Canada. When police attend wellness checks, the results can be fatal. Over 70% of those killed by police in BC were experiencing a mental health crisis.

3/21
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