'He didn't just fall into the river': Artist's family calls out Thunder Bay police

Thunder Bay is a city divided.
Thirty per cent of the population is Indigenous, and over the last two decades they have come under attack.
Suspicious deaths. Mishandled police investigations. Systemic racism.
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[@terrancebedwash7377]

I got totured and was in the burn unnit for two months .Me and my family moved out of thunder bay a couple years ago and now we're are working and drug free..get out of tbay my people.i love you

[@malervik4176]

A cousin ran along this path, around 2:00 in the afternoon. He was attacked by six drunk first nation youths and beaten. The police could not do a thing about it. A friend ran the same path for weeks, was attacked by the same six, he beat the crap out of all of them, the police came and asked, what haapend here, he said he found them here drunk, and injured. The police could not do a thing about it.

[@ZiziWeightman]

So sad, they really need to clean up that police department

[@rleavi1819]

You guys should open the comment section on the "Secrets of The Bay" in Tyendinaga Ontario. Why would the comments be off there but not here? You are deliberately adding to the mystery

[@polecattgenetics3187]

Yeah that is shady guys😢

[@kennethjones3429]

Similarly, "Thunder Bay is a city divided. Thirty per cent of the population is Indigenous, and over the last two decades they have come under attack." --> This does not at all tell of the actual "Thunder Bay" "reality", a problem which stems from the very beginning of colonization itself. The issues (from the non native perspective, stemming from the crown) were never properly dealt with, this issue is closer to being 400 years old than it is "20 years old". The corrupt nature of the Thunder Bay police has been an issue since the Port Arthur and Fort William police services, before Thunder Bay was invented via. a shotgun wedding by the province of Ontario. Part of the issue is that this police service has sworn to the crown, and to the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay.

[@user-ck2hr5vn8e]

@@kennethjones3429 Um.. you think the police put him in water?

[@rleavi1819]

Don't delete my comment under this one.... It requests to have the comment section turned back on on the "Secrets of the Bay" in Tyendinaga territory by Belleville Ontario. They have deleted my request as of last night & ill keep asking until it's met with a justified awsnser

[@sherenspilker140]

💔💔💔

[@melaniemaec1]

I am so sorry for your loss and all the other families loss. It is sickening that no one has cleaned up that police department in Thunder Bay! Disgusting! Oh Canada such wonderful people! What a laugh!

[@guiterroristneo-fasionist2223]

I'll do something when I come to power

[@user-ck2hr5vn8e]

Are Canada out to get you?

[@inajames3160]

At risk of being monitored, I would say its not only the system, but the the individual caught up in colonialism who knows better but is trapped by the status quo . Ive been assured by my peers the times are changing. Hope . All eyes on this one.

[@michaelfiddler7341]

Police officers in Thunder Bay do a lot of shady stuff and I bare witnessed 2 it all. I attended Dennis Franklin Cromarty during 2002-2005 and my friends and I would notice actual cruisers driving the bike paths along the river. The thing is a lot of students hangout by the river just 2 chll out and hang. Kinda make's u wonder on wat the officers were doing. Cause I know officers usually mocked and beat up students for no reason at all. My boy Ronald would now cause he was attending dfc too. There should be bigger a investigation involving the officers who were on the job during the deaths of the individuals. Pretty sure u can track cell phones and bing the location. Police cruisers have a tracking system and u can easily look that up...

[@petemclean1352]

Gotta be careful with what you say, and how you say it. And what platforms you're saying it on. You think Thunder Bay police don't watch these videos? Thunder Bay police are shady AF. And they REALLY don't like it when somebody points out how shady they truly are, especially on a public forum like fb or KZbin. If you're still in Tbay, watch your 6.

[@user-ck2hr5vn8e]

@@petemclean1352 Sounds like full-time paranoia.

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

"The public has a right to know!" That says it all. If they know, then....

[@cathymorrison4953]

🧡🥰🧡

[@subutiamorris4699]

awe my condolences,i knew he died but thought it was natural causes. names len i grew up around the bear lol i left about 16.

[@romeandjames778]

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