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VPD's racist profiling and war on the poor

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
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Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2005-02-11
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This describes the racist actions of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) in relation to poor people of colour in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), particularly Latinos who are targeted in VPD's drug actions, like 'Operation Torpedo'. It also announces that the Anti-Poverty Committee, along with other organizations, are organizing around police brutality and holding a series of fora called the "People's Inquiry into Police Violence and Compliance".
Keywords: 
Vancouver Police Department (VPD); Downtown Eastside (DTES); racism; Latinos; war on drugs; poor; Anti-Poverty Committee