per The Star:Police Charter violations persist years after Star found cops violating rights of accused with alarming frequency: reportThe continuing cost of police Charter violations — the most common being unlawful searches and seizures and delaying access to legal counsel — is resulting in people accused of serious crimes seeing charges tossed and the undermining …
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The Criminal Lawyers’ Association’s statement on calls for a judicial apology in the Umar Zameer case
The OPP report on the officers’ conduct in the Umar Zameer trial was a repackaging of the evidence already heard by an impartial jury that unanimously rejected the officers’ accounts and acquitted Mr. Zameer. At the conclusion of the trial, the Toronto Police Chief declared that: “we were hoping for a different outcome”. To achieve …
The OPP report ‘exonerates’ Toronto cops of perjury in the Umar Zameer murder case. It looks like a whitewash to me. For my money, I’ll follow Justice Anne Malloy.
“An Ontario Provincial Police investigation into the conduct of three Toronto police officers who testified at the first-degree murder trial of Umar Zameer has “exonerated” the officers against allegations they lied about the death of their colleague, Const. Jeffrey Northrup. “They’ve been vindicated,” Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw said at a news conference on Tuesday. …
IS ONTARIO’S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
Our Supreme Court struck down mandatory registration under the federal sex offender registry. Finally, we have managed to apply the same principles to Ontario’s sex offender registry. According to The Star:“The Supremes found that “mandatory registration is overbroad, since it captures offenders who are not at an increased risk to reoffend” and automatic lifetime registration …
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NO PARKING
THE CASTLE DOCTRINE – With the exercise of ICE officers/soldiers entering homes in the U.S. without judicial warrants, it’s worthwhile to quickly review the Castle Doctrine as explained by Radley Balko in his book entitled “Rise of the Warrior Cop – The Militarization of America’s Police Forces”.
“America inherited the Castle Doctrine from British common law. Put simply, the Castle Doctrine holds that “a man’s home is his castle”. But it springs from an older, much broader sentiment that the home should be protected as a place of refuge, peace and sanctuary. One of the earliest recorded pronouncements of the idea came …
ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENCES:
Will Doug Ford continue to express his “jail not bail” philosophy in relation to these officers? Will TPS Chief Myron Demkiw resign? How many criminal cases will be withdrawn in which these officers were involved?
I anticipate that every case that involves any one of these police officers is going to be withdrawn by the Crown Attorney and will not go to trial.
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BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF POWER TO. An update to the Durham police assaulting a lawyer in the courthouse. (The Star)
Lawyer alleging assault by cops inside Oshawa courthouse was handed trespassing ticket at 5:10 p.m. — just minutes after close“Asking an officer of the court to leave five or 10 minutes after the courthouse closed is patently wrong,” said John Struthers, a former president of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association.Feb. 3, 2026 The ticket issued to …
“NO VISIBLE BRUISES”
I’ve hesitated to post this because it’s an hour and a half long documentary but in view of the separatist sentiments and the embrace of Trumpian totalitarianism by some in Alberta, as well as an assault upon a lawyer by Durham Regional Police, a light needs to shine on police brutality in Canada and in …