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Ted Rutland

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Ted Rutland is an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University and a member of Anti-Carceral Group. He is the author of Displacing Blackness: Planning, Power, and Race in Twentieth-Century Halifax.
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The sick irony of removing the McGill encampment with private mercenaries and a bulldozer

The sick irony of removing the McGill encampment with private mercenaries and a bulldozer

July 11, 2024 Ted Rutland

McGill President Deep Saini’s dream come true.

Montreal is a progressive city with the most right-wing policing policy in Canada

Montreal is a progressive city with the most right-wing policing policy in Canada

June 10, 2024 Ted Rutland

Observations from Montreal

The city of Montreal is overfunding the police, and the SPVM still goes over budget

The city of Montreal is overfunding the police, and the SPVM still goes over budget

December 8, 2022 Ted Rutland

Last week’s city budget proposal includes a historic $63-million increase in spending on the SPVM, which has the highest number of officers per capita in Canada and overspent last year’s budget by $50-million.

A week of magical thinking about gun violence and Montreal police

A week of magical thinking about gun violence and Montreal police

August 31, 2022 Ted Rutland

A pair of daytime murders in populated areas of the city last week raised questions — and absurd theories — about the SPVM’s inability to prevent shootings.

Police are not the answer to mental health crises

Police are not the answer to mental health crises

March 11, 2022 Ted Rutland

The lives of people like Montrealer Pierre Coriolan could be saved by organizing alternative response teams to actually help those in crisis.

Two Montreal teenagers and the politics of sympathy

Two Montreal teenagers and the politics of sympathy

December 3, 2021 Ted Rutland

“The death of a Black child clearly means something different in a world where systemic racism and violence have, for centuries, produced disproportionate rates of Black death.”

Montreal police have a long history of doubling down in the face of criticism

Montreal police have a long history of doubling down in the face of criticism

April 9, 2021 Ted Rutland

Local media is full of baseless claims about officers afraid to intervene out of fear of being deemed racist.

Defund the police: Governments should listen to the people and the streets

Defund the police: Governments should listen to the people and the streets

October 26, 2020 Ted Rutland

Quebec is investing $7.5-million into the SPVM anti-gun squad, which targets the Black community for crimes that don’t involve guns.

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