There have been two separate incidents of police brutality against Black men in Canadian cities. Both men were innocent and mistakenly arrested.

Honest Mistake or Any Black Man Will Do?

 by Calvin Lawrence In recent weeks, there have been violent arrests of two Black men. These were in Toronto and Ottawa, respectively. After the arrests, it was determined that the men were not who the police were looking for. The arrests were cases of mistaken identity. Certainly, the police must

Black Cop: My 36 Years in Police Work, and My Career-Ending Experience with Official Racism

 Black Cop By: Calvin Lawrence 272 pages • ISBN 978-1459414488 When Calvin Lawrence joined the Halifax City Police in 1969, he wanted to make a difference. There was growing tension in the city between the Black community and the police and Lawrence believed that as a Black police officer he