CBC Radio One interview this morning: Police justification and deflection thus far, vindicates our experience, with statements and claims such as “missing is not a crime” and “all cases are treated the same.” Upon speaking with detectives on July 22, and expressing our experience with the frontline police service we were vindicated. They admitted to us that there were a few mistakes made by the CPS in our case, and they apologized for them. Admitting there is racism, and there are good cops and bad cops. They also brought to light, that the missing person unit is new, but is still lagging in areas. The homicide detective we spoke with on July 25, asked us, “Can you trust me, and not paint me with the same brush?” I replied, “I don’t know you, but I can trust in your education. Unlike, the frontline police we dealt with, where the education requirement is a high school diploma, clearly as a detective you’re required to have a higher level of education. So we can trust in that.” I also stated, “I noticed most media’s focus is on the fact he was at a house party, and seems like this is an indirect attack on his creditability ‘stereotype.’ We all attend parties, so what?” Upon being asked if I believed race played a contributing factor here to the lack of help we received, I responded, Absolutely... What the family would like to see moving forward? The training offered by Cindy Provost, Aboriginal Liaison be mandatory for all police, including the high ranking officials. Currently, this is only voluntary and very few police officers take this course. On another note: It’s not my job to educate the ignorant that are attacking us online for speaking out with claims that we are playing the “race” card. However, I must thank them for vindicating our experience thus far with each racist comment being made. We must remember police are regular people too and thus some share a similar racist worldview. Hence, the facts and statistics of First Nations in Canada are proof enough in our regard. Satezewich and Liodakis contend (2013), “...the white gaze is a refusal to recognize the reality of racism and a refusal on the part of white people to recognize that they are disproportionate beneficiaries of the way the world is organized, at least in the west” (p. 58). The deflection and denial of any wrong doing by Staff Sergeant Doug Andrus is proof of Satezewich and Liodakis preamble. As a result, racism inevitably remains reinforced and justified.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:49:19 +0000
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