Winnipeg police. "He was then transported by ambulance to the St. Boniface Hospital for medical treatment, where he remains in a medically induced coma." www.iiumanitoba.ca/pdf/bulletin...

After identifying the remains of Leah Keeper who was missing for over two years, her family members and leaders from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs say that the police need to make changes when it comes to handling MMIWG2S+ cases.

What nefarious programs CSIS and RCMP are currently running will they ”regret“ decades from now?

We don't need more cops, we need more justice.

Start the clock for the IIU’s form letter press release: “Following consideration of all the circumstances, the civilian director will not be authorizing charges. Therefore, no charges are recommended and the IIU investigation is now completed and closed.”

“A video recording from a civilian was also brought up, the video recording contradicts Pradinuk’s testimony, as you could not see brake lights, or an attempt to reverse. … [expert] did explain how files could become corrupt.” Which is more likely: video corruption or police corruption?

"appears to" "Police say" "new 'data'"

you will find increased police surveillance, police power and police budgets

While it’s easy to believe body-worn cameras will increase police accountability, in practice they only entrench police power. They selectively withhold video when it helps them and turn them off to cover up their harms. No political body can be trusted to rein in this behaviour. See our handout.

Winnipeg to test lipstick on a pig, and approve yet another massive police budget increase once it proves to be an overwhelming success at consolidating police impunity

WPCH and U of M Centre for Human Rights Research are hosting a free screening of No Visible Trauma on Tuesday, March 10, 6:30pm at Prairie Theatre Exchange, RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/free-film-...

Is it standard journalist practice to only interview police and apologists for a story like this? (Notice Cormier’s “we” identification) Police always demand more gear, more money, more training but their violence is ceaseless. What prevents their murderous tyranny is reduced contact with people.

I was back in court today for the Eishia Hudson inquest, and it's bothering me that Winnipeg Police counsel was not pronouncing Eishia's name correctly. Such a simple sign of respect is too much to give an Indigenous youth, even in death.

I wonder if the Free Press will report the testimony of Renee Good’s killers in this way

“Dreger told the inquest that liquor store thefts at the time were heightened and sometimes resulted in violence against employees and bystanders.” Implication: therefore, murdering Eishia Hudson was justified. Don’t believe their lies

They admit it every time they call one of "the bad ones" a "bad apple." Yes, that's the point of the saying: one bad apple ruins the whole bunch.

Daddy Killingham makes a waffling comment that this should enhance our trust: “the vast, vast majority, almost all of our police officers, I believe, are good men and women” Pursaga ends with this: “Bostock was on the force for more than 20 years before he was charged and eventually fired.”

New levels of impunity—like those the admin is trying to establish after these ICE executions — is alarming and ought to be opposed! But don’t forget that even when police ARE investigated, impunity is still the norm. consequences are highly rare. Taking away power and funding far more impactful

Training will never address the violence at the heart of policing. ICE is policing. The abolition of organized state violence is a fundamental necessity for any emancipatory path forward.

Extrajudicial police killings are not an anomaly, they’re part of how policing functions. @harshawalia.bsky.social is sharing excellent analysis, as always. #AbolishICE #AbolishThePolice #AbolishTheRCMP #AbolishCBSA

This does nothing to end police impunity, and in fact shores up the reputation of the Winnipeg Police through the misguided “bad apples” paradigm. Policing is the problem, not individual actors.

This chipper commentary does a disservice to people harmed by Winnipeg Police, or died by their actions, and Bike Winnipeg’s Mark Cohoe calls it “a nice idea”. But why not ask: what happened to the bicycle unit that hounded Critical Mass out of existence years ago? Cohoe should know this history.

Police “Reforms” You Should Always Oppose — @prisonculture.bsky.social

This will kill people www.winnipegfreepress.com/uncategorize...

lmao. see, people hate on "defund the police" because both political parties dragged it, but they still support what it actually means

Remember when Matt Wiebe promised "These new (officers) will reduce demands on police resources and will significantly improve (the) ability to stop dangerous people from hurting Manitobans"? Spending on criminalization only leads to more spending on criminalization.

Remember when Gillingham assured us all that his new security team was going to somehow fix issues of transit safety? Once again, its the WPS and its already gigantic budget ($353M in 2025, $370M in 2026) that benefits from the catastrophic failures of criminalization. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Of COURSE Gillingham's "Community Safety Team" is being weaponized for fare enforcement. This was never about community safety - and steals money that could be used to actually improve it (including through improving transit service). www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Another killer cop exonerated, entirely based on the account of his partner. The killer didn't speak to investigators or provide notes/reports, which ASIRT described as his "right of silence." Afolabi was afford no rights at all. He was executed within seconds. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A good reminder that Community Connections was killed by Scott Gillingham and Evan Duncan not for failing, but for succeeding at something they didn’t want — making Millennium Library more welcoming to, and a better service for, poor and marginalized Winnipeggers. They *want* to push people away.

More Security guards wouldn't have helped ANY of these situations. Any actual obvious preventative measures have been ignored, as has the Library union and community groups desperately calling for the Community Connections space in the lobby to be reopened (closed due to being... too successful?)

Gillingham, for his part, remains unapologetic. Just incredible the way he can jump to policing as a solution after one death in the library, but we have to withhold judgement and blame with this one.

TW: Self Harm Read this article on Millennium Library. It’s important.

Assuming this is true, how would it in any way justify the level of violence used during this arrest? How will inflicting more trauma on someone help prevent this from happening again? How will further criminalization promote healing and well-being? How else might this have been avoided or resolved?

This cannot be reformed.

If we had put money into social services that would support the less fortunate, food theft would reduce. It’s only been proven to work nearly every place they try, but what do I know.

WARNING: Police violence We've received footage of a violent arrest at the St. James Superstore on Wednesday evening. During the arrest, the man was subjected to a knee on his neck, had a spit hood and "Ripp Hobble" restraint applied to him, and at least 10 cops responded. youtu.be/xwaecvX4Zqk

Incredibly rich coming from the councillor who's been shovelling millions of dollars more at the police every single year without any apparent concern about things like "evidence" or "research." Imagine what that money could do for income supports + poverty alleviation. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Continued cowardice from Matt Wiebe and the Manitoba NDP www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

It's not a few bad apples, it's rotten to the core. The police budget has an insatiable appetite and we need to recognize money spent directly on community programs and services has far higher ROI if we want to get out of this mess. #wpgpoli #winnipeg #mbpoli

I can hear it now: “Please be respectful and do not politicize this tragedy that might have been avoided if not for political decisions made by the mayor and city council.”

And this guy was awarded a medal! If he's the best of the Winnipeg Police Service what are the rest of them getting up to?

Winnipeg - your tax dollars at work. We're paying our cops to sell drugs and take naked pictures of victims instead of opening libraries on sundays, paving roads, cleaning parks or having pools to visit on hot days.

Chaser

Shot

Policing is an inherently violent and reactionary institution that must be abolished www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Winnipeg: support the tenants of 641-645 Westminster fighting a huge rent increase by Thorwin - Tues Aug 5th 10am @ 155 Carlton at their RTB hearing. And tell your MLA to close the loopholes and stop huge rent hikes!

"At least 11 people were killed by police in Canada in July 2025. ... These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, and people who died during police deployments or in police custody." mediacoop.ca/node/119301 #cdnpoli

“In terms of harshness and the risk of harm to which they subject prisoners, (Manitoba facilities) rivalled anything I have observed in some of the worst solitary confinement units in the United States,” Haney wrote."