Movie Monday
Date: April 14, 2025
Title: Movie Monday- Above the Law
Starter question: what role do police play in Canadian society? How are police viewed by different communities?
“Defund the police,” explained (07:00)
Above the Law | CBC Docs POV | CBC Gem (43:48)
Above the Law Documentary Response worksheet:
What systemic issues are highlighted in the documentary? What specific moments or stories in the documentary challenged or changed your perspective on policing in Canada? What more can be done to improve the policing system in Canada?
Resources:
Addressing Indigenous Over-Incarceration
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2020): Colten Boushie - Cree - YouTube
Safer For All: Full Documentary - YouTube
The National for Friday, June 5 — Canadians protest against racism and police violence
Should all police officers in Canada wear body cameras?
Who polices the police? - The Fifth Estate
“Defund the police,” explained
RCMP was built on 'foundations of racism and stereotypes,' AFN national chief says
Talk Tuesday
Date: April 15, 2025
Title: Talk Tuesday- Police
R. v. Clayton (2007) p156
R. v. Shankar (2007) p159
Write Wednesday
Date: April 16, 2025
Title: Write Wednesday- Lawful Arrests and Duties of Police
Notes sheet on arrests
options police have if they believe a suspect has committed a crime
Warrants p157 (to answer 1st question on p6 of textbook questions booklet)
Use of Force (to answer #5 on p5 of textbook questions booklet)
Dramatic arrest of shoplifter (00:59): https://youtu.be/H6VrUShp09c
Today we'll talk about the duties of police officers. From the All About Law textbook:
Police officers often have to make quick decisions to save lives - their own as well as others. They have to act reasonably because they are held responsible for their conduct and behaviour when carrying out their duties. If they break the rules of police conduct, their evidence may be refused, which can result in an acquittal. In rare situations, the officers involved can be charged under criminal law or sued under civil law (Murphy, Elliott, Mete and Glass; 2009)
Just for a moment consider George Floyd
From the Time article Why The Killing of George Floyd Sparked an American Uprising
A black person is killed by a police officer in America at the rate of more than one every other day. Floyd’s death followed that of Breonna Taylor, shot at least eight times inside her Louisville, Ky., home by plain-clothes police executing a no-knock warrant. From 2015 to 2019, according to statistics compiled by the Washington Post, police shot and killed 962 to 1,004 Americans each year. Black Americans are nearly three times as likely as white people to be killed by police, according to the database Mapping Police Violence.
ABC News Timeline: The impact of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis and beyond
BIPOC overrepresentation: (06:00) https://youtu.be/bTOJGtDFXG8
Chapter 17.1 of the RCMP’s operational manual sets out guidelines for use of force by officers. It includes a requirement that officers use lethal force “only when preventing death, or the threat of death, or grievous bodily harm to peace officers and the public, and when no lesser means is appropriate.” The RCMP also requires officers to complete a Subject Behaviour/Officer Response, or SBOR report, each time they use force on the job. The RCMP does have a use of force diagram called the “Incident Management/ Intervention Model” (IMIM) that officers are trained to use as they determine what level of force is appropriate for a given situation however the IMIM does not include any detail about specific situations or use-of-force options..
When to use force (06:00): https://youtu.be/53hv9kvN0Js
Toronto (06:00) https://youtu.be/zPtvjQuu9Nk
CBC Deadly force: Fatal encounters with police in Canada: 2000-2020
RCMP says improper force allegations confirmed in just 1 per cent of cases
What the data say about police brutality and racial bias — and which reforms might work
Canadian cops far less likely to kill, or be killed, than U.S. counterparts
The Conversation Why didn’t he shoot? The Toronto cop who did everything right
Ethics in Law Enforcement (text) Use of Force Philosophy Theory and Law
BC Prosecution Services Charges Against Police
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Use of Force Training Manual
Use of force: Knowing when to pull the trigger is harder than it looks
What three to five questions would you ask a police officer? Things to consider:
- male-dominated careers
- overrepresentation of Indigenous/Black people in the legal system
- religious freedom (wearing turbans and other religious clothing as an RCMP)
- Police brutality, especially towards BIPOC
- Defund the police
Think Thursday
Date: April 17, 2025
Title: Finish up Thursday- last chance to finish work for quarter 3
Textbook questions: questions: 1, 3 & 5 from p149, questions 2, 3 & 4 from p154, 1&3 from p164