Checkout this amazing article written by our own Lydia Dobson which summarizes the events of the past 5 days of anti-police protesting, occupations of stolen land, and disgusting police mismanagement and abuse at the municipal level in so-called “Ottawa”.
Read the article here: https://springmag.ca/ottawa-increases-police-budget-after-crackdown-on-protesters. CPEP has been raising awareness about the dangers of the carceral state for over 7 years. Since June of 2020 we have joined in the fight with multiple groups and coalitions to defund the police where we live and support those in other places. We must make our communities safe from the police and re-distribute police money back into the community so that it can support itself.
