In light of the abundant evidence revealing the tremendous harm that police have inflicted on so many communities, it is nothing short of anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, transphobic, homophobic, and ableist for media outlets and the general public to spread a narrative of public safety for “everyone” that involves policing.

These are just a few examples of the countless places in Toronto marked by police harassment, assault, intimidation, and the loss of life. These geographies of trauma are rarely acknowledged; instead, they are erased by the logics of police expansion, swept up in the growing belief that police are a necessary part of our daily lives.