A Vancouver city councillor says he has received almost 2,000 emails in the last few days asking for a major defunding of the Vancouver Police Department. A protest sign at an anti-Black racism rally in downtown Vancouver calls for the defunding of the Vancouver Police Department. Ralph Kaisers, the president of Vancouver Police Union, said the VPD needs every dollar it gets. Indigenous women are also speaking out about discrimination and violence they have experienced. "They are very afraid of the police," said Cree lawyer Amber Prince, who represents a number of Vancouver Indigenous women who say they have been abused and discriminated against by police.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2020 22:56 UTC