Here is a list of armed mentally ill individuals from the GTA who died as a result of a police interaction. In each case the public and family blamed police and said social workers should have responded instead.
The majority of incidences don’t end in death but you don’t hear about them. These incidences listed are not good examples of why to replace police with social workers.l, but for some reason this is who the left rallies behind.
Andrew Loku: armed with a hammer. Sparked the BLM Toronto movement against police.
Ejaz Choudry: armed with two kitchen knives. The family said they asked for a social worker instead of police. Called police racist murderers and incited violent protests.
Jamal Francique: armed with a knife. Family said “the police had been to the house hundreds of times before, I don’t know why they decided to kill him this time.”
Regis Korchinski: armed with a knife. Family accused police of being racist murderers and throwing sister from balcony, again sparking violent protests.
Here is a list of armed mentally ill individuals from the GTA who died as a result of a police interaction. In each case the public and family blamed police and said social workers should have responded instead. The majority of incidences don’t end in death but you don’t hear about them. These incidences listed are not good examples of why to replace police with social workers.l, but for some reason this is who the left rallies behind.
Andrew Loku: armed with a hammer. Sparked the BLM Toronto movement against police.
Ejaz Choudry: armed with two kitchen knives. The family said they asked for a social worker instead of police. Called police racist murderers and incited violent protests.
Jamal Francique: armed with a knife. Family said “the police had been to the house hundreds of times before, I don’t know why they decided to kill him this time.”
Regis Korchinski: armed with a knife. Family accused police of being racist murderers and throwing sister from balcony, again sparking violent protests.