The police officer who fatally shot a young Black man with schizophrenia at his family's Brampton, Ont., home in April has not agreed to an interview, nor turned over his notes to investigators, Ontario's police watchdog says. Campbell, 26, was shot dead on April 6 after calling Peel Regional Police himself for help, his family recently told CBC News. He said he wanted to be taken to the hospital," his mother Yvonne Campbell told The Fifth Estate's Mark Kelley in a recent interview. Meanwhile, Campbell's family has questions about the police response on that April day, including why no crisis intervention team was sent to the home. Asked if the family believed race played a role in Campbell's death, his father replied:"Racism is everywhere all over the world.
Source: CBC News June 11, 2020 16:58 UTC