GUILTY Canada - Sammy Yatim, 18, fatally shot by Toronto LE, 27 July 2013

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Six months added to sentence of Toronto officer convicted in Yatim shooting

 

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Misconduct charge withdrawn against Toronto officer for tasing Sammy Yatim

Charges have been withdrawn against the police officer who Tased Sammy Yatim as he lay dying on the floor of a TTC streetcar in 2013.

A resolution was met through mediation and it was determined that Sgt. Dusan Dan Pravica acted in good faith that evening and followed with Toronto police training.

Pravica was facing one charge of misconduct for tasering the 18-year-old.

 

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Ex-Toronto cop granted day parole after less than 2 years behind bars for killing teen
August 16, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/forcillo-granted-day-parole-1.5250316

 

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Forcillo showed “genuine remorse,” accepted responsibility for killing Yatim: Parole board

 

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Yatim family angered by day parole granted for cop who shot teen

 

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You still cross my mind Mr. Yatim
...what you really needed was an Angel.

MMA Fighting: ‘I feel this in my bones’: How a UFC veteran found purpose as an angel of Albuquerque’s streets.
‘I feel this in my bones’: How a UFC veteran found purpose as an angel of Albuquerque’s streets

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...the newly created Albuquerque Community Safety Department (ACS). Launched in September to be a third branch of crisis response within the city — with the police and emergency services serving as the other two — the purpose of Albuquerque’s ACS is simple: To provide 911 dispatchers an option beyond sending out an armed officer, allowing social workers and those with backgrounds in behavioral health to field the type of calls few others want to take.

 

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About time!!!!!

Inquest into 2013 death of Sammy Yatim will be held next month

A coroner’s inquest into the death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim, who was shot and killed by a Toronto police officer on board a streetcar in 2013, will be held next month.

www.cp24.com

 

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Family of Sammy Yatim tells inquest they still struggle to cope with teen's death​

Coroner's inquest into death of Toronto teen Sammy Yatim resumes today

A coroner's inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim, a Toronto teen who was shot by a police officer on an empty streetcar, resumes today.

toronto.ctvnews.ca

Toronto cop tells inquest why he Tasered Sammy Yatim after he was already fatally shot

The tasering of Sammy Yatim as he lay mortally wounded sparked outrage in its own right. At an ongoing inquest into his killing, Sgt. Dusan Pravica explained he knew Yatim

www.thestar.com

Peer intervention, family support among proposed recommendations in Yatim inquest

Jurors at an inquest into the death of a teen shot by a Toronto police officer more than a decade ago were asked Tuesday to consider dozens of recommendations related to officer training and monitoring, peer intervention and mental health supports in an effort to prevent future deaths.

www.cp24.com

 

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In Focus: The Death of Sammy Yatim and the Trial of James Forcillo - OJEN

This resource examines the police killing of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim on a Toronto streetcar, and the murder trial of Constable James Forcillo, who fired the shots that killed him. In particular, students will gain insight into the unusual outcome of Constable Forcillo’s trial, in which a jury...

ojen.ca

 

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Thinking of Sammy...

Mother of woman shot by police in New Brunswick works with VicPD to help others

Martha Martin says the idea for a special unit to deal with mental-health calls grew out of her conversations with Victoria Chief Del Manak about what had happened to her daughter, Chantel Moore

www.timescolonist.com