There’s a trend I find alarming when it comes to officers’ use of force with citizens. There’s story after story of panicked reactions, excessive force and violence. This can’t continue, but how will it stop? I’d like to say “If this keeps going, someone will get killed.” Someone did get killed and it’s still going. I’d also like to forecast that “If this keeps up, we’ll be living in a police state.” Well, we tolerated that in Toronto for a few days already. When will we have enough?
