{"id":13052,"date":"2020-06-10T21:07:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=13052"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:42:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:42:55","slug":"blinkers-sometimes-known-as-blinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=13052","title":{"rendered":"Blinkers sometimes known as blinders&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rcmp-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rcmp-x.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rcmp-x-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rcmp-x-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blinkers<\/strong>, sometimes&nbsp;<strong>known as blinders<\/strong>, are a piece of&nbsp;<strong>horse<\/strong>&nbsp;tack that prevent the&nbsp;<strong>horse<\/strong>&nbsp;seeing to the rear and, in some cases, to the side. Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki is seen modelling just a few of the Blinkers\/Blinders  available to RCMP personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Blinders.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Blinders.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Blinders-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Blinders-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The<\/strong> RCMP&#8217;s commanding officer in Alberta&nbsp;denies there is systemic racism in policing in Canada, amid allegations his members used excessive force against an Indigenous chief during an arrest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that racism is systemic through Canadian policing, I don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s systemic through policing in Alberta,&#8221; Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki told a news conference in Edmonton on Monday, when asked about unfolding protests in the United States over the death of George Floyd, and debates over police violence&nbsp;around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki&#8217;s&nbsp;comments come just a day after Alberta&#8217;s Serious Incident Response Team announced it would investigate claims of racism and police brutality brought forward by Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Carolyn Dunn CBC&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Chief-Allan-Adam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Chief-Allan-Adam.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Chief-Allan-Adam-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Chief-Allan-Adam-768x640.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Court Painter with portrait of Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Reconciliation2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Reconciliation2-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Reconciliation2--300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Court-Painter-Reconciliation2--768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blinkers, sometimes&nbsp;known as blinders, are a piece of&nbsp;horse&nbsp;tack that prevent the&nbsp;horse&nbsp;seeing to the rear and, in some cases, to the side. Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki is seen modelling just a few of the Blinkers\/Blinders available to RCMP personnel. The RCMP&#8217;s commanding officer in Alberta&nbsp;denies there is systemic racism in policing in Canada, amid allegations his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=13052\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blinkers sometimes known as blinders&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13052"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13073,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13052\/revisions\/13073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}