Editor:
Re: Under the microscope, police need our support, not anger, Community Comment, June 25
I feel compelled to write a counterpoint to Ingrid Abbott's column.
Abbott’s comments and point of view are part of the problem. She is viewing the entire issue through the lens of white privilege. I suspect that a person of colour might have a different view of police in general.
Does she realize that since April of this year, in this great country, as many as eight indigenous people have been killed directly or indirectly by police? I think it is our neighbours of colour that need the support, not the police.
A couple of points in her article really worked me up: 1. "The alleged death of George Floyd in the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin..." George Floyd is dead and we all saw what happened. Nothing alleged about it.
2. "Under no circumstance would I ever see a parallel between our police force and the horrendous police brutality we have witnessed in the United States and in some of our rural Canadian communities." I think what she meant to say is there is a police problem in our indigenous communities and places where there are more people of colour. In communities that are predominantly white, there is no problem with police racism.
Allen Moy
