Special Investigations Unit and Nathan Phillips Square

Andrew Loku: Alex Wettlaufer was shot by police after they responded to a report of an armed man, according to Toronto Star. And the Special Investigations Unit said there were no grounds to charge the officer who fatally shot Andrew Loku last July. During that seven-day period near the middle of March, news broke that the city was downsizing Afrofest in Woodbine Park. Organizers of Black Lives Matter Toronto — largely young, black queer and trans folk — held an urgent meeting and decided to protest by holding a mini-Afrofest at Nathan Phillips Square on March 20, and stay the night. Hudson says it was brazen but also the right thing to do. When police arrived at city hall to kick them out, the group packed up and moved camp to police headquarters, kicking off a 15-day occupation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.