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Desmond Inquiry Final Report Delayed Again [AUDIO]

Raymond Sheppard talks to The Todd Veinotte Show on News 95.7FM in Halifax – July 7th, 2023. 

Via City News: “The Nova Scotia government has dismissed the judge presiding over an inquiry that has spent much of the past five years investigating why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in 2017.

Brad Johns, Nova Scotia’s attorney general, confirmed Tuesday he has asked the chief judge of the provincial court to assign a new judge to finish the work started by provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer, saying the province has waited long enough for Zimmer’s final report.” 

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The Desmond family

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Left: Raymond Sheppard, Right: Lionel Desmond

Lionel Desmond was a victim of racism, cousin testifies at inquiry

It was two years ago this month that Raymond Sheppard first wrote in the former Nova Scotia Advocate about the role racism played in the case of his younger cousin, Lionel Desmond, who, in 2017, killed his wife, Shanna, mother, Brenda, and 10-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, before killing himself.

Desmond who served in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in the war in Afghanistan suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). An inquiry into deaths is now underway.

Vanessa Fells, ANSDPAD Coalition Director.

African Nova Scotian Black Family wants premier to make Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs a full department

Group also asks Houston to reappoint as Dr. Munroe-Anderson as deputy Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage and appoint Dr. Dryden to leadership team at Nova Scotia Health.

Raymond Sheppard speaks at the rally in support of Black HRM workers.

Halifax mayor speaks at third rally for Black HRM workers who allege racial discrimination [VIDEO]

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage spoke to attendees at a rally this week organized by an advocate who’s been supporting Black HRM workers who say they are the targets of racist discrimination and harassment in the workplace.

Photo: Halifax Examiner

A coalition for Black voices in Nova Scotia

Since 2015, the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition has been working on issues in the Black community, including justice, health, education, employment, and social services.

Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella speaks during a meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. He is scheduled to testify in the Kayla Borden appeal hearing this Thursday in Burnside.

Borden’s lawyer, board chair debate line of questioning around systemic racism during constable’s testimony

Andrew Gough, the lawyer representing the Halifax Regional Police, openly scoffed and laughed at the notion that the denial of systemic racism within the HRP by one of its officers would be evidence, in of itself, of systemic racism within the force.

12-year-old Taizanah’zian Fletcher was bitten by her neighbour’s dog on September 11, 2021.

Black mother accuses Halifax police of racial bias after her child was bitten by a neighbour’s dog

A Black mother is accusing Halifax Regional Police of racial bias in the mishandling of a case involving her 12-year-old daughter Taizanah’zian, who was bitten by a neighbour’s dog.