But RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki also said there are times when police officers use force and people get hurt. The "carotid control hold" is the act of compressing the arteries on either side of a person's neck. Just a few days earlier, a video appearing to show an RCMP officer in Nunavut using his truck's door to knock a man over before arresting him was shared nationwide. When asked if there is systemic racism in policing in Canada, Lucki said she believes there is "unconscious bias." "That is an interesting question because in the last couple of days I have honestly heard about 15 or 20 definitions of systemic racism," she said.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2020 19:45 UTC