{"id":14539,"date":"2020-10-15T08:51:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=14539"},"modified":"2020-10-17T00:23:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T04:23:38","slug":"waterloo-police-target-a-black-phd-candidate-for-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/waterloo-police-target-a-black-phd-candidate-for-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo police target a Black PhD candidate for arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Host:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ivan_Angelovski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Angelovski<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black Lives Matter of Waterloo Region, along with other Black and African organizations in the Region, started a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScYirGQ8tOYyTppvBskF8fi3EBOyaWgpOcLC-PnhL-s3byoyQ\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">petition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the police to drop the charges against Irene Ekweozoh, a Waterloo based PhD candidate in law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ekweozoh was arrested on September 20th, after problems with her White neighbour in their apartment building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The issues began in February, when, according to Ekweozoh and the police report, after an argument, her neighbour unleashed a dog on her and her 13 year old daughter. The police told Ekweozoh that charges were not warranted against her neighbour in that incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this episode you will here from:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irene Ekweozoh, PhD student targeted for arrest by Waterloo regional police, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fanis Juma an organizer with Black Lives Matter of Waterloo Region, Tapiwa Jabhama from the African Canadian Association, as well as Fidelia Otokhina and Promise O Williams from the Nigerians in the Region of Waterloo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a statement from the regional police service's public relations department it was noted that \"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anyone with concerns about police conduct or professionalism can call to speak to a supervisor to relay their concerns or issue a formal complaint at 519-570-9777 (WRPS). Complaints about police conduct can also be filed with the Ontario Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) here:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oiprd.on.ca\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.oiprd.on.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The<em> Black Lives Matter Waterloo Region<\/em> statement in support of Irene can be found here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScYirGQ8tOYyTppvBskF8fi3EBOyaWgpOcLC-PnhL-s3byoyQ\/viewform\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScYirGQ8tOYyTppvBskF8fi3EBOyaWgpOcLC-PnhL-s3byoyQ\/viewform<\/a><\/p>\n<p>--<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out the archived versions of\u00a0 this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca\/news. You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. And you can email news@radiowaterloo.ca to get in touch with comments or ideas about stories to cover.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The music was Blackroom by Moby, courtesy of mobygratis.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Host:\u00a0Ivan Angelovski Black Lives Matter of Waterloo Region, along with other Black and African organizations in the Region, started a petition for the police to drop the charges against Irene Ekweozoh, a Waterloo based PhD candidate in law. Ekweozoh was arrested on September 20th, after problems with her White neighbour in their apartment building. 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