Commentary Statement of solidarity with members of Police Free Schools Winnipeg April 26, 2023 As police abolitionists in Winnipeg, Bar None stands in solidarity with our friends and comrades from Police Free Schools Winnipeg who in March were publicly targeted by the chief of police, Danny Smyth, in one of his blog posts. We understand Smyth’s statements were an attempt
Commentary Statement of support for the family of Soleiman Faqiri Bar None (Winnipeg) stands in solidarity with Yusuf Faqiri and the family of Soleiman Faqiri as we demand real justice, accountability, and transparency in response to Soleiman’s brutal murder by police inside the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario on December 15, 2016. We condemn this completely unnecessary
Commentary Statement on the Report on Inquest and Recommendations related to the death of Errol Greene An inquest conducted by Judge Heather Pullan into the 2016 death of 26-year-old Errol Greene in the Winnipeg Remand Centre has concluded that the facility’s medical unit is lacking oversight and requires a third-party review to ensure that medical operations are up to standard. Greene died on May 1,
Commentary Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land on Up To Speed: “Policing isn’t the solution” to meth “crisis” Bar None member Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land appeared on CBC Manitoba’s “Up to Speed” with Ismaila Alfa on March 27, 2019. A lightly-edited transcript appears below. Ismaila Alfa What's the city's response to a meth crisis? More security, including police. We've seen airport-like security at
Commentary Bar None's Statement to Police Chief Danny Smyth On March 29th members from BarNone gave an opening statement to Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth during a town hall meeting. Below is a copy of our statement along with applicable sources for the information we shared. In public forums, community outreach, and in their own strategic planning, the Winnipeg
Commentary MGEU Must Act on Inmate Deaths Seven people have died in Manitoba jails in 2016. Five died in the Winnipeg Remand Centre: Hollie Hall, Errol Greene, Robert McAdam, Russell Spence, and Lance Harper. We still don’t know the names of the two who died in the Dauphin and Headingley correctional centres. They all have families
