So I looked at the data available which shows the deadly encounters between the TPS and the public. From 2000-2017 inclusive. 52 incidents over 18 years. That's less than 3 per year. A remarkably low number given the amount of police encounters on a daily basis. For this we should be commending our officers for a job well done. Not fanning the flames of racism like the OHRC is presently doing.
So digging into the data this is what I came up with. Out of 52 deadly encounters the racial breakdown was as follows:
African American - 19 (36%)
Caucasian - 17 (33%)
Asian - 3 (6%)
Latin American - 2 (4%)
Aboriginal - 1 (2%)
Southeast Asian* - 1 (2%)
Arab/Middle Eastern - 1 (2%)
Unknown - 8 (15%)
*includes Filipino
-->Of the 8 that are classified as "unknown" 4 we have not enough data to make any determination. Of the remaining 4 looking at the names and the circumstances my educated guess would be 3 Caucasian and 1 African American. But we'll keep them as unknown for purposes of this analysis.
-->Of the 19 blacks that were killed by an officer, 17 were shot. Of the 17 whites that were killed by an officer, 10 were shot.
-->Per the 2016 Census, blacks make up 8.9% of Toronto's population. Whites make up 47.7%. Asian 13.1%. Southeast Asian 19.8%. Hispanic 2.9%. Aboriginal 0.9%. Arab/ME 3.5%.
-->Given that there is no doubt blacks make up a disproportionate amount of the total and are over represented by a whopping 380%. Similarly, whites are under-represented by about 30%. Asians under represented by 54%. Aboriginals over represented by 50%. Arab/Middle Eastern under
represented by 80% and Southeast Asians under represented by 930%! Seems those racist Toronto cops are treating the East Indians with kid gloves. Soon they will be calling it Southeast Asian privilege
The only way to tell if there is true implicit bias in the way cops deal with black suspects is to look at the breakdown of the total number of interactions between the police and the various races. My suspicion is the interaction between police and blacks is likely higher than the 36% deadly encounter rate. That should give the OHRC the answer they need.