{UAH} EM: It happens in Canada too:Canadians protest the death of a mentally ill black man and demand police changes

EM:

IS Obama responsible for this too.

-Chaka

Canadians protest the death of a mentally ill black man and demand police changes

Canadians protest the death of a mentally ill black man and demand police changes

reuters,Newsweek 47 minutes ago 

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More than 500 people rallied in Canada's capital on Saturday to protest the death of a mentally ill black man following an arrest, marching against what they see as race-based police brutality in a country that prides itself on being tolerant. Abdirahman Abdi, 37, died on Monday. Witnesses told local media he was beaten by Ottawa police officers who responded to calls of a disturbance. His death echoed events in the United States, where a string of killings of black men by police and allegations of brutality and racial bias have sparked protests. Protesters chanted "Black lives matter!" as they started marching, a reference to the U.S.-founded anti-police brutality movement, which has an official ...