SOCI 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Toronto Police Service, Grievous Bodily Harm, Police Legitimacy

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 327
• Professor: Michael Adjoran

Document Summary

Police legitimacy linked to public judgements about the process through which the police make decisions and exercise authority (e. g. during police- citizen interactions) In video: socialization teens talking to the police for dull compulsion and symbolization of police, police not being charged, police being bullied victimizatio(cid:374); (cid:396)easo(cid:374) (cid:449)h(cid:455) people do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:396)epo(cid:396)t (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e. Acted unstable towards others on a street car, exposing his genitals and holding a 3 inch knife. Initially police intended to use a taser to subdue yatim. Videos capturing the event show 9 shots fired in total following commands to drop the knife. Officer james forcillo, toronto police service, in jan 2016 found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter, but guilty of attempted murder; sentenced to 6 years in prison: epo(cid:396)t i(cid:374)to to(cid:396)o(cid:374)to poli(cid:272)e se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)e(cid:859)s use of lethal fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e. Pilot projects to equip more officers with tasers (currently only supervisory officers currently have stun guns) Body cameras to ensure legitimate use of force.