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    December 23, 2020
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    COMMONS
    THE POLICE #6 – Who Killed Myles Gray?
    Myles Gray was an unarmed man who died after seven Vancouver police officers beat him mercilessly. Half a decade after he died, not only does his family not have justice, they don’t even know the names of the people who killed him.
    Arshy Mann
    Host & Producer, COMMONS
    Jordan Cornish
    Producer, COMMONS
    Damilola Ontime
    Producer, Wag the Doug
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts

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    Myles Gray was an unarmed man who died after seven Vancouver police officers beat him mercilessly. Half a decade after he died, not only does his family not have justice, they don’t even know the names of the people who killed him.

    Featured in this episode: Bethany Lindsay (CBC Vancouver), Harsha Walia (B.C. Civil Liberties Association), Ronald MacDonald (Independent Investigations Office of B.C.) 

     

    To learn more:

    “The day Myles Gray died” by Cassidy Olivier in The Vancouver Sun

    “Vancouver police officers won’t be charged over unarmed man’s 2015 death” by Bethany Lindsay in CBC Vancouver

    “No charges against officers in case of Myles Gray who died during encounter with Vancouver police” by Amy Judd and Sarah MacDonald in Global News

    Additional music from Audio Network

     

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