Councillor REMOVED from Calgary Police Commission for not supporting BLM narrative
Nov. 3, 2020
By Sheila Gunn Reid
If you don’t hate the police, you can’t oversee them.
Confused? So am I. But that’s the message the Calgary Police Commission is sending out.
The Calgary Police Commission is the civilian oversight arm of the city’s police service, and is responsible for appointing the next chief of police, and managing the public complaints process; including complaints regarding the Chief of Police; hearing appeals regarding the policies of, or services provided by, the Calgary Police Service.
The culture of policing in Calgary flows directly from the police commission.
The lone conservative city councillor on the commission, Jeromy Farkas (who is also running to be the mayor of Calgary against long-time progressive incumbent Naheed Nenshi), was removed from his position on the commission Monday morning by city council. According to Farkas, he was booted from the oversight panel because he refuses to profess the anti-police mantra of Black Lives Matter. ...
Full story at Rebel NewsIs there something in the water in Canada, or what?
