More Than Half of GTA’s Black Residents Have Been Stopped By Police: Here’s What We’re Reading

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. More than half of black residents in GTA have been stopped by police in public

“A new report is shedding light on the types of interactions members of the black community in the GTA have with police officers. One of the themes in ‘The Black Experience Project’ explores relations with police services, highlighting both negative and positive interactions with officers.

“More than 50 per cent of those surveyed said they have been stopped by police in public places and that number jumps to nearly 80 per cent among males between the ages of 25 and 44.”

CBC News

+1: Toronto cop charged in connection with “serious injuries” suffered by a 19-year-old black man in Whitby – Toronto Star

+1: Canada isn’t keeping track of suicides in Indigenous communities – Vice News

2. With John Horgan sworn in, BC NDP faces immediate test in wildfire crisis

“British Columbia Premier John Horgan was formally sworn in Tuesday – the first New Democrat in 16 years to hold the office – as he named a cabinet that must immediately turn its attention to a wildfire crisis that has displaced almost 46,000 people.”

The Globe and Mail

3. Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow

“Officials said the phasing out of the secret program reflects Trump’s interest in finding ways to work with Russia, which saw the anti-Assad program as an assault on its interests. The shuttering of the program is also an acknowledgment of Washington’s limited leverage and desire to remove Assad from power.

“Just three months ago, after the United States accused Assad of using chemical weapons, Trump launched retaliatory airstrikes against a Syrian air base. At the time, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, said that ‘in no way do we see peace in that area with Assad at the head of the Syrian government.'”

Washington Post

+1: Supreme Courter issues mixed ruling on Trump’s travel ban – New York Times

4. Vladimir Putin cut from two upcoming Hollywood movies

“‘For a studio to release a movie about Putin that makes him look like a fool would be suicide.'”

The Hollywood Reporter 

5. We may have cracked the mystery of Stonehenge

“Underground imaging and excavation have revealed that Stonehenge was once part of a complicated network of structures: ancient burial mounds, unknown settlements, processional routes and even gold-adorned burials. The finds paint a picture of a far more mysterious and elaborate Neolithic and Bronze Age world than previously thought.”

BBC