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Police Investigate After Black Lives Matter Protest At Ontario Premier's House

The Canadian Press, 01 Apr, 2016 12:53 PM
    Toronto police are investigating at the home of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne after protesters with the Black Lives Matter group staged a vigil at her private residence Thursday night.
     
    Police are specifically looking at a bottle that contained an unknown liquid that was left in the premier's driveway.
     
    The protesters also left behind a tent, signs and photographs of Andrew Loku, a man who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Toronto police last summer.
     
    Ontario's police watchdog recently found that the officer who shot the hammer-wielding Loku did not exceed the range of justifiable force.
     
    Sandy Hudson, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, said Wynne had been silent despite eleven straight days of their protests outside police headquarters, demanding a coroner's inquest into Loku's death.
     
    Hudson said the protesters felt they had no choice but to take their concerns directly to the premier's home.
     
     
    Wynne wasn't at home at the time of the protest, but says it did upset her partner, Jane Rounthwaite.
     
    "It unnerved my partner this morning, for sure, but having said that, I understand the concerns in the community," Wynne said Friday at an Ottawa news conference.
     
    The premier said she understands the passion the protesters feel about racism, but would prefer they didn't go to where she lives.
     
    "I would like for the protest to happen other places than my home, and you know quite frankly, it's not just about my home, it's about the neighbours as well," she said. "It's about the people on the street who didn't choose to put their name on a ballot."
     
    Wynne said racism or discrimination of any kind is unacceptable anywhere in Ontario, and promised to have a cabinet minister reach out to Black Lives Matter on Friday.

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