In the "Toronto Police Service" Sector of the "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", it inter alia states the following:
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"In 1988, Toronto Police were under scrutiny for the fatal shooting of a schizophrenic, Lester Donaldson.[9] The shooting was the first of eight over the next four years, in which mostly unarmed Black people were victims. Three days after his death, the Black Action Defence Committee, a group of local activists, was formed. The group made headlines when they introduced the issue of race in the coroner's inquest into Donaldson's killing.[10] In 1990, Toronto police officer David Deviney was charged with manslaughter in connection with the killing, though he was later acquitted.[9].
On May 4, 1992, tension between Toronto Police and the city's Black community reached its peak. After the fourth police killing of a young Black man, in as many years, a peaceful protest on Yonge Street later turned into a riot.[11] 30 people were arrested and 37 police officers were injured in the riot.
A mandatory Coroner's Inquest took place in the police killing of 17-year-old Jeffrey Reodica. Although accounts differ, it is generally accepted that Reodica was part of a group of Filipino teenagers pursuing a group of white teenagers on May 21, 2004, following altercations between the two groups. Plainclothes Toronto police officer Det.-Const. Dan Belanger and his partner Det. Allen Love were in the process of arresting Reodica when he was shot by the officers, the teen died in hospital three days later. Belanger and his partner, Det. Allen Love, were eventually cleared by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) who accepted their story that Reodica lunged at them with a knife and which has a high acquittal rate for police offenders.[12]
In response to the recommendations of the Coroner's Inquest jury, Chief Blair recommended that all plainclothes police officers be issued arm band and raid jackets bearing the word 'Police' in an effort to increase their visibility in critical situations. Unmarked cars, which are already equipped with a plug-in police light, will also be supplied with additional emergency equipment, including a siren package. The proposal will be phased in over three years beginning in 2008. Undercover officers will also have to wear, carry, or have access to standard police use-of-force options such as pepper spray and batons. [13][14]
In 2004, eight people were shot by Toronto Police, and six of them died from their wounds. The SIU investigated each shooting, but found all of them to be justified."
Ertug Direkoglu & Jeffrey Reodica were two (2) of the People shot in Toronto by Police in 2004.
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