Charles Roach: Police Oversight and Police Accountability

charles roach: A revolutionary report on police accountability by Justice Michael Tulloch could be the transformational document a generation of advocates have been waiting for, according to Toronto Star. Well before groups such as Black Lives Matter took up the fight, the Black Action Defense Committee, Dudley Laws, Charles Roach, and other activists were crying out for effective police oversight. The stalemate is on the verge of ending. From that era to this, their core demands have not changed accountability and transparency. Equally predictable, timid politicians have responded in piecemeal fashion with a patchwork of oversight legislation that has allowed the Special Investigations Unit to operate under a cloak of secrecy and have not satisfied racialized minorities who distrust their police. More often than not, advocates were met with either a knee-jerk defence of the police or by challenges to the legitimacy of those calling for change. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.