The family of the woman, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, 29, say they have questions about the role police – who were with her when she fell – played in the death
A blue ribbon, notes and flowers are left on the lawn outside an apartment building at 100 High Park Ave. in Toronto, where a woman fell to her death.Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a black woman who fell from the balcony of a Toronto high-rise apartment in the presence of police.
The SIU says that “while officers were inside an apartment unit on the 24th floor, they observed a woman on the balcony. A short time later, the woman fell from the balcony to the ground below. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.” After a few minutes, Ms. Korchinski-Paquet called out, “Mom, help! Mom, help! Mom, help!” When officers came out, they said Ms. Korchinski-Paquet was either on the neighbour’s balcony or one below. Later, they confirmed she was on the ground, having fallen 24 floors.
Mr. Singh told The Globe Ms. Beals-Clayton had not shared this version of events with him, but that"[the family] wants answers. They want justice for Regis.” The report, which analyzed hundreds of reports from completed SIU investigations since 2000, found that while black people made up only 8.8 per cent of Toronto’s population in 2016, they were involved in seven out of 10 cases of fatal shootings by police between 2013 and 2017. It found that black people were overrepresented in everything from investigations into use of force by police to unjustified charges.
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