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11 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
ELDER: Damage continues on fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death
People walk by a portrait of George Floyd on the wall outside Unity Foods during the Rise and Remember event at George Floyd Square on May 25, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Stephen Maturen / Getty Images It's been five years since the George Floyd/BLM protests and riots. Therefore, the left-wing legacy media seizes upon this occasion to pull out its race-coloured thermometer to measure America's post-George Floyd 'racial progress.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account A recent New York Times headline read, 'Five Years After Floyd — We look at what has changed since George Floyd's murder.' According to the Times, not much: 'States and cities enacted new policies aimed at improving policing, but the data suggests that these changes have had little impact on accountability or the number of killings by police officers.' Another Times article wrote: 'Sunday is the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a searing moment of brutality that ignited what may have been the largest social movement in U.S. history. Five years later, the movement that his death helped begin may feel like it's in reverse.' Beginning in May 2020, there were an estimated 9,000 protests in cities across America. As many as 25 people were killed and 2,000 police officers injured, with an estimated $2 billion and insured property damage. A report by The Major Cities Chiefs Association said violence occurred in 7% of the protests, '624 arsons were reported and 97 police vehicles were burned,' and there were 2,385 looting incidents. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of murdering Floyd, who resisted arrest, was never charged with a hate crime. The lead prosecutor, a black man, never even accused Chauvin of being motivated by Floyd's race. The Fall of Minneapolis, a documentary available for free on YouTube, convincingly argues that the cocktail of drugs in Floyd's system played a role in his death and that the knee manoeuvre Chauvin used was taught in the police academy, contradicting the police chief's testimony. During the trial, the defence's use of force expert testimony was at least as convincing as that of the prosecution. Given the prosecution's burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, this alone warranted a 'not guilty' verdict. But the big question remains: What did the death of George Floyd have to do with race? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The media's obsession with cops-killing-unarmed-black-men stories fuels the impression that it is a frequent occurrence when, in fact, it is quite rare and almost always completely avoidable if the suspect merely complied. Still rarer is where the evidence shows that but for the suspect's race, the cop would not have used deadly force. An unarmed suspect can be reasonably perceived by a police officer as a lethal threat. In 1999, four plain clothes NYPD officers shot and killed Amadou Diallo, an African immigrant who matched the description of a serial rapist. Rather than show his hands as demanded by the cops, Diallo reached for his wallet. Fearing he was reaching for a gun, the cops fired. Then-New York U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Clinton pronounced the cops 'murderers.' A year later, a jury that included four blacks concluded the cops reasonably perceived Diallo's actions as threatening and found all four cops not guilty. In recent years, police have killed twice as many whites as blacks and have killed more unarmed whites than blacks. And many studies find the police more hesitant, more reluctant to use deadly force on black suspects than white suspects. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Before his research results, Roland Fryer, a Harvard economics professor from inner-city Baltimore, assumed the cops disproportionately used deadly force against blacks because they are black. Fryer called his study results the most 'surprising' of his career. He found no evidence that cops use deadly force against blacks as a result of their race. Further, he found cops more hesitant to use deadly force against blacks compared to whites. Fryer said friends advised him against publishing his study and warned that the backlash from disputing the cops-are-out-to-get-blacks narrative would hurt Fryer's career. After publishing the study, Fryer received death threats. He said he was 'under police protection for about 30 or 40 days.' Why wasn't the result reached by Fryer, as well as other studies that came to the same conclusion, hailed as good news in race relations? 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CTV News
14 hours ago
- CTV News
U.S. ambassador pushes back against Canada's travel advice
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra poses for a portrait at the U.S. Embassy, in Ottawa, Friday, June 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tough time. 'We welcome Canadians to come in and invest, to spend their hard-earned Canadian dollars at U.S. businesses,' U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told The Canadian Press in an interview Friday. 'If a Canadian has had a disappointing experience coming into the United States, I'm not denying that it happened, but I'm saying it's an isolated event and it is not a pattern.' In April, Ottawa updated its advice to Canadians travelling to the United States to warn them about the possibility they might be detained if denied entry. 'Expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices,' reads the new guidance. There have been reports of Canadians facing intensified scrutiny at the border, having phones searched and, in some cases, being detained. Hoekstra insisted concerns about device searches are not grounded in reality. 'Coming to the U.S., that's a decision for the Canadians to make. Searching devices and all of that is not a well-founded fear. We don't do that. America is a welcoming place,' he said. He said some Americans have expressed similar concerns about Canada. 'I've heard that from Americans coming into Canada as well, OK? Saying, 'You know, we've not received a warm reception when we've gotten to Canadian customs,'' he said. When asked if these reports from American travellers involve arbitrary phone searches and lengthy detainment, Hoekstra said there are consular cases of Americans complaining to the embassy about the Canada Border Services Agency. 'We've said, 'OK this may have been an isolated event. There may have been a Canadian border person who was having a bad day, and thought they'd take it out on, you know, somebody across the border,'' he said. In a statement, the CBSA said its officers follow a code of conduct and the federal ethics code that both require them to treat everyone equally, and the agency investigates any complaints of mistreatment. 'Employees are expected to conduct themselves in a way that upholds the values of integrity, respect and professionalism at all times,' wrote spokeswoman Karine Martel. 'Treating people with respect, dignity and fairness is fundamental to our border services officers' relationship with the public and a key part of this is serving all travellers in a non-discriminatory way.' Hoekstra said travel to the U.S. is up to individuals. 'If you decide that you're not going to come down or whatever, that's your decision and you're missing an opportunity. There are great things to see in America,' Hoekstra said. He also noted the case of CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour, who recently said she prepared to visit the U.S. last month as if she was 'going to North Korea' — with a 'burner phone' that didn't carry any personal information — only to experience a warm welcome. 'It's like, (let's) get past the rhetoric and let's look at the real experiences that people are having here,' Hoekstra said. Airlines have been cutting flights between Canada and the U.S. due to a slump in demand, and Flight Centre Travel Group Canada reported a nearly 40 per cent drop in flights between the two countries year-over-year in February. A survey in early May conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies found 52 per cent of respondents feel that 'it is no longer safe for all Canadians travelling to the United States,' with 29 per cent disagreeing and 19 per cent saying they were unsure. Roughly the same proportion said they personally feel unwelcome in the U.S. LGBTQ2S+ groups have opted against attending World Pride events in Washington and United Nations events in New York, citing scrutiny at the border as the Trump administration scales back protections for transgender and nonbinary people. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 7, 2025. Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
CTV News
15 hours ago
- CTV News
U.S. envoy closely eyes Canada defence spending; says NATO about collective defence
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra poses for a portrait at the U.S. Embassy, in Ottawa, Friday, June 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — The American ambassador to Canada is closely watching as Ottawa shapes its defence budget, but says the U.S. will not dictate what the Canadian government must spend. 'We're not expecting anything; that's not our job to make those expectations,' Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said in an interview with The Canadian Press this past Friday, a day after NATO defence ministers endorsed new spending targets. Hoekstra also said the point of the NATO military alliance is to defend each other when under attack. He noted Americans haven't forgotten the 'investment and the sacrifice' Canadian troops made in Afghanistan when the U.S. invoked the NATO treaty's article on collective defence. 'They were fulfilling the commitment that they made to NATO — that when one of us is attacked we are all attacked, and we will defend each other,' Hoekstra said of Canadian soldiers. Hoekstra was not directly commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump's statement in March that Washington would not necessarily come to the aid of countries that don't pay their fair share on defence and that Canada has been freeloading on American defence of the continent. He did acknowledge Canada's defence spending has been an 'irritant' in the relationship with the U.S. This past week, defence ministers from NATO countries met in Brussels to discuss raising the member spending target on defence to as much as five per cent of GDP. Canada has never met NATO's existing spending target of two per cent since it was established in 2006. Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney are engaged in what both sides have characterized as 'intensive' discussions toward the new economic and security deal the two leaders agreed to work on once the Canadian election concluded in April. NATO figures suggest Canada's defence spending rose from about one per cent in 2014 to 1.33 per cent in 2023. The NATO secretary-general's annual report, released in April, said Canada's defence spending would hit 1.45 per cent for 2024. In terms of absolute dollars, a Canadian Global Affairs Institute analysis last year said Canada ranks as the seventh largest spender in NATO, and the 14th largest in the world. Carney promised during the recent election campaign to move up Canada's deadline for meeting the 2 per cent threshold from 2032 to 2030 or sooner but has not yet shown a plan for how to do that. It will require Canada to add billions of new dollars annually. The prime minister is set to join other heads of government from NATO countries for an annual summit starting June 24 in the Netherlands. They are expected to approve a new defence investment plan that defence ministers hammered out this week, which would have member nations invest 3.5 per cent of GDP on core defence spending, and 1.5 per cent on defence and security-related investment such as infrastructure and resilience. That proposal is coming amid waning American commitments and a revanchist Russia. In recent years, both Democrats and Republicans have urged Canada to boost its Arctic defence, and the previous Biden administration praised much of what Ottawa outlined in an Arctic foreign policy last year. Trump has suggested defence of the Arctic is part of his 'Golden Dome' plan for a continental missile-defence shield. On May 27, the president said he told Ottawa it would cost US$61 billion to be part of the project. Hoekstra said he hasn't seen a breakdown of the costs, but said the 'really awesome technology' is likely estimated at 'proportionally what we think the Canadian share should be.' Defence Minister David McGuinty said Canada was reviewing its defence spending from 'top to bottom' and would have more to say about its plans soon, though the government isn't planning to table a budget until the fall. Hoekstra framed NATO as part of the wide partnership the U.S. has with Canada in security, which also includes secure energy flows and stopping illicit drugs. 'We need to do the things that will keep our citizens safe,' Hoekstra said. 'There are a lot of things that Americans and Canadians have in common, and we're looking forward to great days.' Hoekstra said Trump is trying to take the U.S. off an unsustainable trajectory, which he framed as millions of people crossing the U.S. border undocumented, spending way beyond government revenue and large trade deficits. 'The president is transforming that, because we need to,' he said. Trump's discussions with Carney will likely include the sweeping reform of border security that the Liberals tabled in Parliament last week. Hoekstra had yet to go through the legislation as of Friday. The ambassador said he's focused on win-win policies for both countries and not the prospect of Canada becoming an American state, despite Trump raising the notion as a way for Canadians to save on the cost of joining his Golden Dome project. Former Canadian diplomat Colin Robertson has said Hoekstra is limited in how much he can diverge from Trump's comments. But he said the ambassador has great access to the president, and his public messaging likely reveals how he has been advising Trump. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 8, 2025. Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
