Regis Korchinski-Paquet is seen in this undated photo.
TORONTO -- A rally is set to take place in Toronto today in protest of what organizers describe as anti-black and anti-Indigenous racism around the world.
The protest, organized by a group dubbed Not Another Black Life, comes on the heels of high-profile, police-involved deaths in both Canada and the United States. A Minnesota police officer is now facing a murder charge in the death of George Floyd, a black man caught on film pleading for air as an officer knelt on his neck.fell from the balcony of a 24th-floor Toronto apartmentA lawyer representing Korchinski-Paquet's family says her relatives do not want to see violence, only answers as to how and why she died.
Toronto Mayor John Tory called the community's anger over her death understandable, describing anti-black racism as "a fact in our society" and encouraging protesters gathering this afternoon to practice physical distancing in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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