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Press Releases

Sarah Runyon and Caitlin Shane file Charter challenge to drug possession at BC Provincial Court

PRESS RELEASE - Challenging Canada’s prohibition on drug possession. Application filed last week at BC Provincial Court by Sarah Runyon (Marion & Runyon Criminal Lawyers) and Caitlin Shane (Pivot Legal Society). Stay tuned as the case proceeds.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Sep 26, 2023 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Justice for Jared - Notice of Civil Claim Filed

PRESS RELEASE - This morning, 24 months after Jared Lowndes was killed by the Campbell River RCMP, the family of Jared Lowndes filed a lawsuit with the support of Vancouver lawyer Neil Chantler (Chantler & Company).
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Jul 07, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Response to VPD Report on Jury Recommendations Regarding Myles Gray's Murder

PRESS RELEASE - Nearly 8 years after the death of Myles Gray during a brutal and violent encounter with multiple Vancouver Police Department (VPD) officers the Vancouver Police Board is set to receive a report based on Jury Recommendations.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Jun 15, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Rally to mark the beginning of the Coroner’s Inquest into VPD Killing of Myles Gray

MEDIA ADVISORY When: Monday, April 17, 8:00 AM Where: Burnaby Coroners’ Court, 4720 Kingsway, Burnaby BC - Meet at the entrance to Metrotower II at Metrotown [ https://goo.gl/maps/nNhvavQ33RtiVo226 ] - Livestream by Pivot Legal Society [ https://www.instagram.com/pivotlegal/ ] Who: Support rally for the family of Myles Gray & their supporters, to mark the beginning of the Inquest into the VPD killing of Myles Thomas Gray [ https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/death/coroners-service/inquest-schedule-jury-findings-verdicts/inquestlivestream ]
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Apr 16, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Pivot Legal Society position paper calls for the elimination of involuntary treatment in BC

PRESS RELEASE - Pivot's position paper, Involuntary Treatment: Criminalization by another name, comes amid government movement toward the expansion of involuntary treatment in BC, including by Premier David Eby and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside. Recent rumblings from municipal, provincial, and national politicians indicate that the latest call to expand involuntary treatment directly targets people who use drugs. Involuntary treatment - for any community - is a harmful and degrading intervention at odds with healing, wellness, and best practices in drug policy and mental health care. In the context of the drug toxicity crisis, this expansion could be deadly.
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Mar 23, 2023 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

#JusticeForJared and supporters respond to the Independent Investigations Office of BC’s Investigation into the Police-Involved Death of Jared Lowndes

MEDIA ADVISORY - On Thursday, December 1, Laura Holland and her family, as well as the BC Civil Liberties Association, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Pivot Legal Society, held a press conference in response to the final decision of the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) regarding the investigation of the police-involved killing of Jared Lowndes.
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Dec 01, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases

Judicial Review of the Fire Order issued by Vancouver Fire Rescue Services in late July 2022

PRESS RELEASE - Residents of the Hastings Street tent city (represented by the law firm Arvay Finlay LLP) sought a Judicial Review of the Fire Order issued by Vancouver Fire Rescue Services in late July 2022. The review of this Fire Order and the City of Vancouver’s enforcement actions highlight the gross disparities that people who rely on public space face as they seek shelter in the community now known as the Hastings Tent City.
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Oct 03, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Anti-Stigma, Homes For All

#StopTheSweeps Denounces the Forced Decampment of Hastings Tent City and City/Police Campaign of Terror in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

MEDIA ADVISORY - #StopTheSweeps Denounces the Forced Decampment of Hastings Tent City and City/Police Campaign of Terror in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Aug 16, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Anti-Stigma, Homes For All

Hastings Tent City Residents Give City of Vancouver and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services an Overall "E" Grade

Hastings Tent City Residents give City of Vancouver and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services an overall "E" grade + Fact Sheet which highlight myths and misunderstandings created by City, VFRS and VPD.
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Aug 09, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Letters & Statements, Homes For All, Blog

1 Year, No Justice: Family & Friends Honour the Memory of Jared Lowndes

July 8, 2022, marks the 1 year anniversary of the execution of Jared Lowndes by the Campbell River RCMP. Jared Lowndes, a proud Wet’suweten man and member of the Laksilyu (Small Frog) Clan was murdered on the morning of July 8, 2021.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Jul 08, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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