Nekuuya kwevaAfrica-Caribbean vabvakure kuToronto muma1970s, kunetsana pakati pemapurisa nenharaunda kwakawedzera kuoneka. Kuramba kwakarongeka kwenharaunda kurwisana nemhirizhonga yemapurisa kwakabuda mushure mekuurayiwa kwaAlbert Johnson musi wa26 Nyamavhuvhu 1979. Nharaunda yeAfrica-Canada yakaunganidza zviuru zvevaratidziri mumigwagwa. Zvakaita mushandirapamwe wakasimba wekuti mapurisa apiwe mhosva yekuponda, izvo mumashoko aJean Augustine, โ...Ndinogona kukuudza kuti ndakanga ndiri pasi uye ndaiva muzviitiko zvose zvakapoteredza Albert Johnson. Albert Johnson aive mumwe wemapurisa ekutanga kuuraya munharaunda yevatema iyo yakapinda mukutariswa kwenyika / yepasirese. Mapurisa maviri echichena, Constable William Inglis naWalter Cargnelli, vakapomerwa mhosva yekuuraya, asi vakanzi havana mhosva.
VeAfrica-vekuCanada muToronto vakanzwa kuti mapurisa azivisa mwaka wakavhurika pavari. Canadian Civil Liberties Association inosimbisa chinetso chokupfura nemapurisa, โPakati pa1978 na1992, mapurisa eOntario akanga apfura mukadzi 1 Mutema uye vanenge varume Vatema 13, vasere vavo vakaurawa. 8 ye11 yekupfura yakaitika muToronto. "
Kuuraya uye zviito zvehutsinye nemapurisa pamusoro peAfrica-Canada zvakaenderera mberi kwemakore muToronto. Nekudaro, musi waChivabvu 2, 1992, mupurisa wechichena Robert Rice akapfura akauraya Raymond Lawrence ane makore makumi maviri nemaviri uye nharaunda yakanga isisagone kutora uyu zvake. Pana May 22, 4, kuratidzira kwakaitwa nenzanga kwakatungamirira kuYonge Street Uprising. Mhirizhonga yevagari vemunyika iyi inokosha nekuti kakanga kari kekutanga kuti nharaunda yeAfrica-Canada muToronto iite kumukira hurumende. Hurumende yepurovhinzi yakamanikidzwa kudzika mitemo yakawanda inopikisa rusaruraganda nekuenzana. Asi mhirizhonga yemapurisa ichiri kuitika mushure mekumukira. Gabriella Pedicelli, munyori, akaita tsvakiridzo pamusoro pekuuraya kwemapurisa pakati pa1992 na1994 mumaguta maviri makuru eCanada. Maererano nenyanzvi yezvemhosva dzepaUniversity of Toronto Peter Wortley, โ[Pedicelli] akawana kuti kunyange zvazvo vokuCanada vomuAfrica vaimiririra isingasviki 1997 muzana yeVatema vomuMontreal muna 2, 1991 pavanhu 5 vakapfurwa ndokuurayiwa nemapurisa munguva yefundo (11%) Varume vatema.
Saizvozvowo, kunyange zvazvo vokuCanada vomuAfrica vaimiririra 3.3 muzana chete yevagari vomuToronto muna 1991, vanhu 6 vevanhu 12 (50%) vakapfurwa ndokuurayiwa nemapurisa mukati menguva yokudzidza vakanga vari vanhurume vechitema.โ Nhasi, nyaya huru iyo nharaunda iri kuunganidza pamusoro pemhirizhonga yemapurisa ibasa rehudzvanyiriri remapurisa rekuferefeta uye kuunganidza ruzivo kunonzi carding. Carding yakafanana neNew York City neChicago's "stop and frisk" nzira yekushungurudza mumigwagwa iyo inonyanya kunangana nevaAfrica-America neLatinos/Latinas.
Kadhi muToronto uye mhiri kweCanada inoshandiswa mukusangana kusiri mhosva nemapurisa. Naizvozvo, munhu anenge achinangwa haasi munhu anofungirwa mhosva kana kuona achiita chitsotsi. Nekudaro, munhu wacho anomiswa, anobvunzurudzwa uye ane ruzivo rwake rwemunhu uye kuchengetwa mumadatabase emapurisa.
Nekupihwa makadhi enhengo dzenharaunda, mapurisa akabvisa zvine musoro uye zvikonzero zvinogoneka kana fungidziro ine musoro sechikonzero chekumisa nekubvunza vanhu. Zvikurukuru vari muhusungwa panyama kana pfungwa vasingatarisire kodzero dzevanhu dzekuti vasatsvagirwe zvisina kufanira uye kubvutwa uye kuvharirwa pasina chikonzero. Vanhu vemuAfrica-kuCanada vanokanganiswa zvakanyanya nemakadhi muguta reToronto. Imwe nhevedzano yekuferefeta neToronto Star paruzivo rwemunhu akaunganidzwa nemapurisa yakaratidza kuti veAfrica-vaCanada vanoumba 25 muzana yevanhu vakaiswa makadhi. Zvisinei, vanongova 8.4 muzana chete yevagari vomuguta.
Munzvimbo makumi manomwe nembiri dzemapurisa anotenderera muguta, vanhu vemuAfrica-veCanada vanopihwa makadhi "nemitengo yakakwira kupfuura huwandu hwavo hwese hwese hwese." Mapurisa akati makadhi anodiwa munharaunda dzine huwandu hwehutsotsi. Zvakadaro maAfrica-maCanada akaiswa makadhi pamitengo yakakura zvikuru kupfuura yevachena (72 uye 11 nguva yakakwirira) munzvimbo dzakapfuma, dzakanyanya kuvachena, uye nharaunda dzisina mhosva.
Chiitiko chinoratidza dhimoni remapurisa munharaunda ndeyegore negore mutambo wezhizha Caribana, wakafanana nemumwe wayo muTrinidad kana Brazil. Muna 2009, ongororo yakaitwa nekambani yeIpsos Reid yekuvhota yakaratidza kuti Caribana yakapa US$438 miriyoni kuhupfumi hweToronto, Ontario neCanada. Iyi nhanho yekukanganisa kwehupfumi inoita kuti ive mutambo mukuru muCanada.
Nekudaro, kubvira 1985, mapurisa akabata nemapurisa Caribana sekunge iri kutyisidzira kuchengetedzeka kwenyika. Mugore iroro, mumwe mupurisa akashungurudza mumwe murume pamusana pezvaaifunga kuti aiva nembanje pakonzati yeCaribana paOlympic Island. Mupurisa uyu akabaiwa uye vamwe vana vakakuvara. Mazana evapembereri vakakuvadzwa. Muna 1986, mapurisa akawedzera kuvapo kwavo paparadhi ne33 muzana. Mapurisa ane hukama neCaribana nenzira imwe cheteyo yavanoshanda nayo munharaunda seuto rinotora basa. Sekureva kwemudzidzi weBritish Peter Jackson, "Chavanonyanyovanetsa ndechekuchengetedzeka kweveruzhinji uye kuve nechokwadi chekufamba kweparadhi. Zano ravo nderekuzvibata. โ
VeAfrica-veCanada vanoramba vachironga kurwisa mhirizhonga yemapurisa. African-Canadian revolutionaries zviri pachena kuti mapurisa aripo kuti ashumire nekuchengetedza zvinhu zvevachena, vanotonga-kirasi. Saka nekudaro, mapurisa neveAfrica-Canada vanoshanda boka vachagara vachipokana.
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