No matter what we do or where we are, racial injustice continues to be perpetuated. We know this because we live our lives each and every day. How the society that we live in is not created for us but rather built for our falling.

'We know how intergenerational trauma is so real. Until his conviction, Dunn was assigned to administrative duties with CPS but is currently suspended without pay. In 2016, Dunn pleaded guilty to two charges of insubordination for breaching CPS policies related to accessing a civilian's information for personal reasons and the home storage of his service firearm. If convicted of Police Act offences, Dunn could face discipline ranging from a reprimand to dismissal. With the criminal court process complete, an internal CPS investigation will take place. (Colin Hall/CBC, supplied)ĭunn is also under an internal investigation by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) after CBC News received a photo of the constable in blackface at a 2012 Halloween party.

Alex Dunn is being investigated after a photo surfaced of the officer in blackface around 2012. Kafi was Black, and while there was no evidence presented at trial that the assault was motivated by racism, both the Crown and judge have noted that given the current climate, an officer's attack on a Black woman is harmful to the community.Īt a sentencing hearing in February, defence lawyer Cory Wilson proposed no jail time for his client asking for a combination of house arrest, curfew and probation while prosecutor Ryan Pollard argued for a nine-month jail term.Ĭonst. Victim of Calgary officer's violent throw-down says she still has flashbacks 'His actions, while harmful, were not premeditated.' 'I do not find it necessary to separate the offender from society,' said Christopher. Sharon Kambale founded the Afro-Mentorship Initiative and was friends with Kafi, a woman she described as 'a loving mother' who 'always placed her son first.'ĭunn, 34, who was convicted of assault causing bodily harm for the violent takedown in 2017, was handed a one-month sentence - half to be served under house arrest, half under a curfew - by provincial court Judge Michelle Christopher. Kafi had been working at a meat plant in Red Deer and said in December she was focused on work and her young son.

In an interview with CBC News last December, Kafi said she was still dealing with the trauma of the assault. Kafi was living in Red Deer when she died of an overdose Sunday, according to her friends, who say they are still processing the news. Alex Dunn was sentenced to one month for assaulting Dalia Kafi - a young Black woman who was handcuffed at the time - CBC News has learned she has died.

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