Police Probe over Hateful Post

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Omar Ha-Redeye was quoted in the Toronto Star and Durham Region news in Durham police chief launches probe over ‘hateful’ Facebook post,

Omar Ha-Redeye, executive director of the Durham Community Legal Clinic, which provides free legal services to low-income Durham residents, called the image “unfortunate,” saying it does “reflect some of the negative tensions that we have observed in Durham Region over the past month, and years.”

“There are now numerous incidents involving law enforcement and racialized accused that are characterized by the use of force and, perhaps, excessive violence,” Ha-Redeye said in an interview Tuesday.

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