A recent Facebook post (December 2, 2020) describes an assault by Surrey RCMP on a young woman experiencing mental distress. The post begins:
“Don't get the Surrey RCMP to do a wellness check on your
friends if you can't get to them right away. They'll come by just to beat the
ever living shit out of you.”
Written by a friend of the victim who, along with another
friend had called 911 seeking a wellness check when it became apparent their friend
was in crisis, the post outlines the violence that police delivered instead of
the assistance sought. It describes a harrowing ordeal:
“Depressed and suicidal? Phone them, so on top of all your
existing problems you can have badged goons break into your home and break your
face for free, take you away and drug you up for three days straight like a lab
rat and drop you off on the street with amnesia.”
They wanted help for their friend, but cops are not about
health or wellness. They are about violence and control. In their words:
“We wanted a reply, we just wanted to know our homie was
still alive and kicking it. Apparently they do what cops usually do and scared
the shit out of her, beat her and dragged her out of her own suite. We didn't
hear anything from her for three days man.”
The post concludes:
“No support, no help. No justice, no peace.”
This is policing. This is the RCMP. We need real social
supports, real health care. Not cops, violence, and repression. This is one
example of why police in Surrey need to be defunded. Why they need to be
abolished.
The RCMP are leaving city policing in Surrey. Good. The new
municipal police force needs to follow them out the door.
The original post can be read here:
https://www.facebook.com/shwblr/posts/10216982662630304
