Excessive Force: Toronto's Fight to Reform City Policing

by Alok Mukherjee and Tim Harper

Alok Mukherjee was the civilian overseer of the Toronto police between 2005 and 2015, during the most tumultuous decade the force had ever faced. In this provocative and highly readable collaboration with Tim Harper, former Toronto Star national affairs columnist, Mukherjee reveals how Police Chief Bill Blair changed the channel after the police-killing of Sammy Yatim. He explains how society has given police tacit approval to cull people in mental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771621834
• ISBN13: 9781771621830
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"