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Doctors for Defunding the Police is a group of Toronto, Canada, doctors that campaign to shift Toronto City Council spending away from police and towards social services.
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Founding members | Naheed Dosani Andrew Boozary Semir Bulle Suzanne Shoush Ritika Goel Michaela Beder Bahar Orang Saadia Sediqzadah Nanky Rai |
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| Website | doctorsfordefundingpolice |
Organization edit
Doctors for Defunding the Police is a Toronto-based group of healthcare providers who advocate for shifting Toronto City Council spending away from police services and towards healthcare and education.[1][2] Founders include Suzanne Shoush M.D.[3][4]
In 2020, the group protested with other social justice groups outside the Toronto Police Service headquarters.[3]
Publications edit
Via a their 2020 publication Policing is a Public Health Crisis, the group has called for greater transparency in the Toronto Police Service budget with a request for specific clarification about why police spending has been prioritized over education, healthcare (including mental health), and housing.[2] The paper calls for changes to police use-of-force, including prohibition of use of harm and other lethal force, and the disarming of police.[2] The group calls to move funding away from the police budget towards new community-led emergency response teams.[2]
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References edit
- ^ Glauser, Wendy (2020-11-30). "Why some doctors want to defund the police". CMAJ. 192 (48): E1644–E1645. doi:10.1503/cmaj.1095905. ISSN 0820-3946. PMC 7721403. PMID 33257333.
- ^ a b c d Waldron, Ingrid RG. "The wounds that do not heal: Black expendability and the traumatizing aftereffects of anti-Black police violence." Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal (2020).
- ^ a b Gillis, Wendy; Moon, Jenna (2020-07-16). "'The system isn't broken. It was built this way': Hundreds rally downtown as police board hears marathon". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ "Defund the police for public health, say doctors and nurses". Ricochet. Retrieved 2022-03-27.