Talk:List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada

List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada
Modelled after the article List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States Alan.ca (talk) 00:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Scroll to the bottom of this article and there is a list of police shootings in Winnipeg since 2009: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-shoot-21-year-old-man-at-gas-bar-1.2681836 — Preceding unsigned comment added by B23Rich (talk • contribs) 03:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, B23Rich, added those. Gveter (talk) 08:20, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

An unbiased and list-style direction
The purpose of this page is simply to offer readers a list of Canadian police killings along with a short synopsis describing the facts surrounding the incident. Contributions that speak to personal opinions on the event (e.g. the victims’ family) or a relation of a singular incident to a much broader social issue are not to be deemed irrelevant, but rather should be deviated to a main article surrounding the incident (i.e., The death of Sammy Yatim). Henceforth, provisions should be mindful of this, as well as be analogous with Wikipedia’s core policy of maintaining an unbiased and neutral point of view. There were, and still are, clear biases present which stem from both ends of the spectrum. To address this, and to keep the page in-line with that of a list, I have started to:


 * Update incident details to correspond with findings of fact rendered by the relevant civilian oversight agency responsible for independently and impartially investigating the circumstances of the event (as is a mandatory practice in every Canadian province following an officer related fatality);
 * Remove old and incorrect information, namely information sourced from media outlets which was initially reported, but later found to be incongruous with the ruling of facts determined by the applicable civilian-led investigative agency; and
 * Add new police related fatalities reported via media outlets or official press releases, but again, to achieve both neutrality and confer the highest standard of reliable sourcing, will later update the details to correspond with factual findings deliberated from the relevant independent investigation when they are made available to the public. Mr.NedSchneebly (talk) 14:14, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Adding to list
I'll be adding to the list when I can. If you're interested, you can find articles just by searching something like "Canada fatal shooting police", like this Google search.--richardtalk 18:49, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

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CBC Article 2018 04 06
The CBC collected information on all fatalities involving law enforcement since 2000. This link points to the article which has pictures, names and dates and a link to the information for each fatality. There are 461 people identified. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform-custom/deadly-force — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brent1023 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Alter the title, or define "Killing"
The title of this article "Killing" implies intent which is true for the vast majority of the cases listed. However some such as "A 51 year old man died after being pepper sprayed and handcuffed by Montreal police." are likely "deaths while in custody"

Should the list be updated to something like "List of deaths caused by law enforcement officers in Canada", or should we restrict the list to be instances where the Police intended to use lethal action. Just thinking of trying to keep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view — Preceding unsigned comment added by Woofcat (talk • contribs) 13:16, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet
I note the repeated removal of this individual's death and the characterization of my description as "false". This is not accurate; all sources and allegations were cited appropriately and based on wording from the sources themselves. The removal was inappropriate. I eagerly await an explanation of why Korchinski-Paquet's death should not be included on this page, other than the paltry excuses previously offered. newmila (talk) 20:54, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree that the removal was inappropriate, though I lack the knowledge of Wikipedia conventions to actually strongly advocate. Thanks for your efforts here. Gveter (talk) 02:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Given your citation of WP:BRD in this removal, Vaselineeeeeeee, when can we expect the “discuss” part? Gveter (talk) 22:19, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The SIU cleared the officers of any wrongdoing therefore having this case listed under "List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada" is patently misleading and WP:NPOV. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 23:10, 20 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Aren’t there many killings on this list where (biased) public bodies ”cleared the officers of wrongdoing”? Gveter (talk) 17:18, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes but the difference is with those examples the police officers actually shot them, resulting in their death, and then were cleared of wrongdoing. Here, there is no proof that the police officers pushed her or did anything that actually resulted in her death. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 18:34, 24 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks for acknowledging that your original explanation was incorrect. Gveter (talk) 18:44, 24 February 2021 (UTC)