El Jones - Has the “Freedom Convoy” changed public views on defunding the police?

Many across the country are wondering why the police aren't cracking down on the Ottawa occupation and "doing their jobs." Poet and scholar El Jones argues that they were doing their job - they were upholding white male rage.

Robin Browne is Off the Hill’s co-host. Robin is a communications professional and the co-lead of the 613-819 Black Hub, living in Ottawa. His blog is The “True” North.

El Jones is a poet, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her work has appeared in Halifax Examiner, Huffington Post Canada, the Globe and Mail. She is also the author of poetry collection: Live from the Afrikan Resistance!

[ujean]

Please don't forget the 2010 G7 protests. One of the most violent police interventions in Canadian history.

[MrCinnabar]

Reducing police resources and training through is a terrible idea.

[zzz-nure]

This was a mostly peaceful protest. There's literally hours of footage, do your homework.