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September 13 Toronto Ontario […]

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1979-09-13

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September 13 Toronto Ontario Attorney General Roy McMurtry announced that the government would introduce legislation to create a civilian review panel of alleged police wrongdoing. McMurtry's action followed continuing pressure from minority community groups in the wake of the police killing of Albert Johnson on August 26, 1979.

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August 26 Toronto Police shot and […]

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Toronto

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Albert JohnsonRoy McMurtry

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Robert Trow, "Cop-minority Relations Deteriorate in Wake of Albert Johnson Killing," Body Politic, no. 57 (1979), pp. 8–9.