Public memorial, walk for justice being held for Regis Korchinski-Paquet
along with community members, are set to come together to remember the 29-year-old during a public memorial on Saturday.
The memorial is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at the family’s apartment building at 100 High Park Ave., then, at 2 p.m., the first annual Regis Korchinski-Paquet Walk for Justice will make its way through High Park. “This is a peaceful walk calling for accountability from our decision-makers and meaningful improvements to police interactions with members of the public during a crisis,” a statement issued by the lawyer representing Korchinski-Paquet’s family, adding the event “is not a protest or demonstration.”Korchinski-Paquet died on May 27.
When Korchinski-Paquet told officers she needed to use the bathroom, Singh said officers followed her into the apartment unit and that when her brother tried to get her, he was stopped. The family was not in the unit while Korchinski-Paquet and police were in the apartment. She later fell from the balcony.
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