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Doctors for Defunding the Police

Doctors for Defunding the Police is a group of Toronto, Canada, doctors that campaign to shift Toronto City Council spending away from police and towards social services.

Doctors for Defunding the Police
Founding members
Naheed Dosani
Andrew Boozary
Semir Bulle
Suzanne Shoush
Ritika Goel
Michaela Beder
Bahar Orang
Saadia Sediqzadah
Nanky Rai
Websitedoctorsfordefundingpolice.com

Organization

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Doctors for Defunding the Police is a Toronto-based group of healthcare providers who advocate for shifting Toronto City Council spending away from police services and towards healthcare and education.[1][2] Founders include Suzanne Shoush M.D.[3][4]

In 2020, the group protested with other social justice groups outside the Toronto Police Service headquarters.[3]

Publications

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Via a their 2020 publication Policing is a Public Health Crisis, the group has called for greater transparency in the Toronto Police Service budget with a request for specific clarification about why police spending has been prioritized over education, healthcare (including mental health), and housing.[2] The paper calls for changes to police use-of-force, including prohibition of use of harm and other lethal force, and the disarming of police.[2] The group calls to move funding away from the police budget towards new community-led emergency response teams.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Glauser, Wendy (2020-11-30). "Why some doctors want to defund the police". CMAJ. 192 (48): E1644 – E1645. doi:10.1503/cmaj.1095905. ISSN 0820-3946. PMC 7721403. PMID 33257333.E1644 - E1645&rft.date=2020-11-30&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721403#id-name=PMC&rft.issn=0820-3946&rft_id=info:pmid/33257333&rft_id=info:doi/10.1503/cmaj.1095905&rft.aulast=Glauser&rft.aufirst=Wendy&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721403&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Doctors for Defunding the Police" class="Z3988">
  2. ^ a b c d Waldron, Ingrid RG. "The wounds that do not heal: Black expendability and the traumatizing aftereffects of anti-Black police violence." Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal (2020).
  3. ^ a b Gillis, Wendy; Moon, Jenna (2020-07-16). "'The system isn't broken. It was built this way': Hundreds rally downtown as police board hears marathon". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  4. ^ "Defund the police for public health, say doctors and nurses". Ricochet. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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