Warning: This story discusses intimate partner violence that may be triggering for some readers.

"The RCMP killed Vanessa Rentería — the IIO just cleared them," said Brian Seremba, co-founder and staff director of BC Community Alliance (BCCA).

The BCCA is a Black-led organization that's dedicated to addressing the structural inequities created by racism, in particular anti-Black racism.

The organization has added its voice to the call for change after the Independent Investigations Office, the independent civilian oversight agency of the police in British Columbia, released a public report on Friday (Sept. 26) that absolved the police of wrongdoing in the shooting death of the Surrey mother – an Afro-Latina woman from Colombia – on Sept. 19, 2024.

In the early morning hours that day

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