After 18 year-old Sammy Yatim was shot and killed by a Toronto Police officer, the public had many questions.  Why did the officer shoot him so many times?  Why didn't the officer shoot him in the leg or somewhere else non-life threatening.  This episode takes a look at how police officers are trained in an effort to answer those questions.

Suicide By Cop

Part 3 - The Training

In 2013, a Toronto Police Officer shot and killed a teenager armed with a knife on a streetcar. Videotaped footage showing the officer firing 9 times at Sammy Yatim caused public outrage. The officer would go on trial and be found guilty of attempted murder. But this fall his lawyers will argue before the Ontario Court of Appeal that there was a miscarriage of justice when the trial judge refused evidence that the teen was on a mission to commit suicide by cop. This podcast is written and produced by Kathy Kenzora who is also host of a podcast called 1995.

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