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Meredith Omstead
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Producer, CP24
Toronto
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By Kelly Malone, Meredith Omstead, Liam Casey Verified| Global News Verified A photo and an urn sit on Christie Zebrasky’s kitchen table. Each time the Winnipeg woman goes to eat, she imagines her daughter’s face and wonders whether she’ll ever know what happened in the moments before 16-year-old Eishia Hudson was shot and killed by police. “I can feel her presence here daily. She is not leaving Mom,” Zebrasky says with a deep sigh. Hudson is one of 55 people who were shot by police in Canada between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30. Of those, 34 were killed.
By Kelly Malone, Meredith Omstead| The (Toronto) Star Verified By Kelly Geraldine Malone and Meredith OmsteadThe Canadian PressMon., Dec. 21, 2020timer2 min. readExperts say it takes time to properly investigate a police shooting — even when the public is calling for quick results — but details on the outcome must be more transparent. Of 55 police shootings that resulted in death or injury in Canada in the first 11 months of this year, four investigations were completed by Nov. 30. One officer was charged.
By Kelly Malone, Meredith Omstead| The (Toronto) Star Verified By Kelly Geraldine Malone and Meredith OmsteadThe Canadian PressMon., Dec. 21, 2020timer2 min. readFifty-five people were killed or injured in police shootings in the first 11 months of this year and justice experts say there are lessons Canadian police forces can learn from those in other countries. Demonstrations around the world called for accountability and transparency after police shootings and other officer-involved deaths in the United States over the summer.
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