Doctors for Defunding the Police
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{{Short description|Toronto physician advocacy group}}
{{Infobox organization
| image = Doctors for Defunding the Police logo.jpg
| leader_title = Founding members
| leader_name = Naheed Dosani
Andrew Boozary
Semir Bulle
Suzanne Shoush
Ritika Goel
Michaela Beder
Bahar Orang
Saadia Sediqzadah
Nanky Rai
| website = {{URL|http://doctorsfordefundingpolice.com/}}
}}
Doctors for Defunding the Police is a group of Toronto, Canada, doctors that campaign to shift Toronto City Council spending away from police and towards social services.
Organization
Doctors for Defunding the Police is a Toronto-based group of healthcare providers who advocate for shifting Toronto City Council spending away from police services and towards healthcare and education.{{Cite journal |last=Glauser |first=Wendy |date=2020-11-30 |title=Why some doctors want to defund the police |journal=CMAJ |language=en |volume=192 |issue=48 |pages=E1644–E1645 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.1095905 |issn=0820-3946 |pmid=33257333|pmc=7721403 |doi-access=free }}Waldron, Ingrid RG. "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ingrid-Waldron/publication/344273068_The_wounds_that_do_not_heal_Black_expendability_and_the_traumatizing_aftereffects_of_anti-Black_police_violence/links/5f62816e92851c07896d7cb2/The-wounds-that-do-not-heal-Black-expendability-and-the-traumatizing-aftereffects-of-anti-Black-police-violence.pdf The wounds that do not heal: Black expendability and the traumatizing aftereffects of anti-Black police violence]." Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal (2020). Founders include Suzanne Shoush M.D.{{Cite web |title=Defund the police for public health, say doctors and nurses |url=https://ricochet.media/en/3220 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Ricochet}}
In 2020, the group protested with other social justice groups outside the Toronto Police Service headquarters.{{Cite news |last1=Gillis |first1=Wendy |last2=Moon |first2=Jenna |date=2020-07-16 |title='The system isn't broken. It was built this way': Hundreds rally downtown as police board hears marathon |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/07/16/toronto-police-civilian-board-hears-final-round-of-public-deputations-thursday-protest-planned-outside-police-headquarters.html |access-date=2022-03-27 |issn=0319-0781}}
Publications
Via a their 2020 publication Policing is a Public Health Crisis, the group has called for greater transparency in the Toronto Police Service budget with a request for specific clarification about why police spending has been prioritized over education, healthcare (including mental health), and housing. The paper calls for changes to police use-of-force, including prohibition of use of harm and other lethal force, and the disarming of police. The group calls to move funding away from the police budget towards new community-led emergency response teams.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/06/26/policing-is-a-public-health-crisis.html "Policing is a Public Health Crisis", article in Toronto Star]