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Here Comes the Fuzz? Candidates Float More Police
Some city council candidates are calling for more policing in St. John’s, but community organizers say ‘more’ is not necessarily ‘better’.
Elizabeth Whitten
September 27, 2021
# police
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A Glimpse Inside: A Day at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary
Advocates say a replacement for Her Majesty's Penitentiary—dating to 1859—will improve safety for both inmates & officers. But how much longer can it wait?
Ashley Fitzpatrick
January 11, 2020
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Policing the RNC
A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.
Sulaimon Giwa
July 20, 2017
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Police officers do not make Pride safe
Including police in the Pride March is not a sign of progress.
Alex Noel
July 6, 2017
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Pride, visibility, and the blue uniform
The controversy over police presence at the St. John's Pride parade has revealed more about the politics of solidarity than some of us wanted to…
Michael Connors Jackman
July 28, 2016
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PRIDE: Understanding, inclusion, and the need for greater collaboration
Why the debate over off-duty police officers' uniformed participation in Pride reveals deep divides in the LGBTQ community and the need for a more attentive…
Taylor Stocks
July 13, 2016
To Each Their Own
A tale of two Tories
Opposites attract, except when you're Conservative leaders speaking out on the role of public servants in politics.
Rhea Rollmann
September 3, 2015
News
Local spoken word artist takes on police brutality in new video
Timo Sargent of TNT Creation says "Bruised & Bloodied Sirens" was inspired by "that sickly feeling we get while seeing injustice, and the subsequent furious…
Justin Brake
May 14, 2015
A Measured Opinion
Stop the killing: Fatal police shootings in Canada
Too many people are killed by police in Canada. Here is what we should do to change that.
Tom Baird
April 14, 2015
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Police:
Serving
to repress dissent and
protect
the state
The police response to the anti-austerity protests in Québec reveal a deeply troubling reality: Police have become a tool to repress resistance to inequality, protect…
Jill Pittman
April 14, 2015
Letters
Why did he go alone?
Government cuts in the 90s forced the RNC Association to choose between job cuts or reducing two-person patrols to one-person patrols.
admin
April 12, 2015
To Each Their Own
The RNC recruitment ad: pretty film, marketing disaster
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary's new recruitment ad backfires in all the worst ways, and undermines a lot of really good work they’ve done recently
Rhea Rollmann
October 21, 2014
Letters
Rape culture in our city: An open letter to St. John’s
Media coverage of reports of gang rapes in St. John's has directed many to contemplate their moral stance on sex work, instead of their moral…
admin
October 10, 2014
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