Background

About the Justice for the Victims of Police Killings Coalition:

The Justice for the Victims of Police Killings Coalition currently involves the family members and friends of Anas Bennis, Claudio Castagnetta, Ben Matson, Jean-François Nadreau, Quilem Registre, Gladys Tolley and Fredy Villanueva, all of whom died as a direct result of police actions and interventions. We continue to reach out to family and friends of other victims of police killings.

This initiative came out of the Forum Against Police Violence and Impunity in 2010, during which the families expressed their desire to come together to remember their loved ones and strengthen their respective struggles for dignity, justice and the truth. The symbolic date of October 22 was subsequently chosen for a family-friendly event to commemorate the victims of police killings to coincide with the National Day of Protest in the United States organized by the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, which has been mobilizing every year since 1996.

Background Info and Links:

• Anas Bennis: http://flicsassassins.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/montreal-gazette/
• Claudio Castagnetta: www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2ce63b7e-6d43-4757-aa8f-050e20342542&k=42815
• Ben Matson: http://mostlywater.org/profiles_of_vancouver_police_killings_for_idapb
• Jean-François Nadreau: www.ctvnews.ca/man-shot-dead-during-police-operation-in-montreal-1.769489
• Quilem Registre: http://flicsassassins.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/ctv-debate-over-taser-use-rages-after-death/
• Gladys Tolley: https://22octobre.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/jourrney-for-justice-story-of-gladys-tolley.pdf
• Fredy Villanueva: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-remembers-fredy-villanueva-s-killing-5-years-later-1.1384034
• About the killing of Farshad Mohammadi: http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/police-killing-farshad-mohammadi-exposing-root-causes/9665
• About the killings of Mario Hamel and Patrick Limoges: www.lacrap.org/deces-de-mario-hamel-et-patrick-limoges-la-crap-exige-une-enquete-publique
• About the killing of Robert Hénault: www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/faits-divers/201308/27/01-4683532-la-mort-dun-septuagenaire-souleve-lindignation.php
• About the beating of Didier Berry: http://justicedidierberry.com/
• About the beating of Norbert Mestenapeo: http://globalnews.ca/news/727014/quebec-innu-brutally-assaulted-by-provincial-police-officers/

The Coalition Against Repression and Police abuse has compiled a comprehensive list of police killings in Quebec and Canada which is linked here: www.lacrap.org/liste-des-noms-des-personnes-decedees-aux-mains-de-la-police-au-canada