Ten years after her son was fatally shot on an empty Toronto streetcar, Sammy Yatim's mother said she's still fighting for justice.
Eighteen-year-old Yatim was shot multiple times by Const. James Forcillo while standing alone holding a small knife on the streetcar on July 27, 2013. Cellphone footage of the shooting posted online set off a wave of public outrage and calls for police reform.
Bahadi said her family is still suffering because of delays to an inquest into Yatim's death and insufficient progress on recommended police reforms. She is also still awaiting the resolution of a lawsuit she filed against Toronto police.Forcillo was the only officer to open fire on Yatim, firing three shots that caused the teen to fall to the floor of the streetcar, followed by a second volley of six more shots.
A long-awaited inquest into Yatim's death was set to start last November but continues to be delayed after Forcillo argued in a last-minute motion that it should examine the possibility Yatim died by "suicide by cop" — a theory rejected by the presiding coroner. Bahadi said she is still seeking changes to a policing culture she argued is too quick to resort to violence and lethal force.In 2016, Ontario ombudsman Paul Dube made a number of recommendations to the province in the wake of Yatim's death, including the creation of a standardized, mandatory de-escalation training for police forces.
"He has continued to call on the Ministry of the Solicitor General to specifically address de-escalation through a regulation that requires officers to de-escalate situations before using force, whenever possible." "As I look back from what happened 10 years ago, I see progress and I see new areas of potential concern that call for constant oversight and constant review," said Mukherjee.
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