Special Investigations Unit says officers involved in incident have not responded to interview requests
Members of Toronto’s LGBTQ community are demanding answers after a 30-year-old Black transgender woman died last week after being taken into custody under Ontario’s Mental Health Act, and was misgendered by the province’s police watchdog in a news release.
The call for answers comes against a backdrop of mounting criticism of police handling of incidents involving people in crisis, with a number of cases sparking widespread attention over the past year, including that of Regis Korchinski-Paquet who fell to her death from a Toronto highrise in May, D'Andre Campbell, who was shot dead by a Peel police officer in April, and Ejaz Choudhry, who was also fatally shot by a Peel police officer in June.
On Oct. 26, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) launched an investigation into what it said was the death of a 30-year-old man in Toronto.
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God, even the tweets and statements from officials speaking out against the misgendering of her are misgendering her by carefully using gender neutral language when it’s now super clear she’s a woman.
also, a link to the gofundme started for coco’s funeral costs if you’re able to send monetary support
please consider reblogging this to help share the fund
