Haleluya Hailu, a Black Grade 11 student at Burnaby North Secondary, says the use of RCMP liaison officers at her school intimidates her. Hailu's comments come after Burnaby RCMP posted a Twitter video last week, since deleted, of a liaison officer in uniform welcoming students returning to school after the pandemic. The video was subsequently retweeted by the Burnaby School District. The Burnaby School District later tweeted out an apology acknowledging and apologizing for any harm done by itsretweet. Hailu says given that Indigenous and Black people account for a disproportionate number of arrests in "a lot of places in Canada," she doesn't feel comfortable having school liaison officers in her high school.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2020 02:03 UTC