Tag: Police Brutality
over 2 years ago
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Black man Toronto cop held by the neck was the one who ‘behaved like a racist,’ officer’s defence...

Det. Christopher Hutchings is charged with assaulting Chase Richards on a Scarborough bus on Dec. 13, 2019. Hutchings...

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over 2 years ago
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Toronto cop fired in rare dismissal for ‘egregious’ misconduct. He’ll remain suspended with pay p...

Const. Matthew Brewer, whose actions a judge once called “obvious police brutality,” has twice been criminally convic...

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almost 3 years ago
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Court of Appeal set to rule in case of Const. Michael Theriault, the Toronto cop convicted of ass...

Ontario’s top court is set to release its decision in the case of Const. Michael Theriault, the Toronto officer convi...

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almost 3 years ago
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Toronto police officer acquitted of assaulting ‘fragile and vulnerable’ 65-year-old after enterin...

It was “egregious mistake” that officers entered the man’s apartment, but the evidence does not prove beyond a reason...

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almost 3 years ago
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Plainclothes Toronto cop was immediately ‘very aggressive,’ victim testifies over videotaped arrest

Chase Richards testified Thursday he hadn’t done anything to provoke Det. Christopher Hutchings — “I wasn’t threateni...

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almost 3 years ago
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Judge was wrong to acquit Toronto cop of aggravated assault in Dafonte Miller beating, Crown argues

“We have two, older white men chasing a young Black man late at night without saying anything about why, without iden...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | America on trial? Hardly. A new police shooting shows Derek Chauvin’s trial in George F...

The trial is about one man, but the institution of policing is escaping unscathed.

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about 3 years ago
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Toronto cop appeals jail sentence for assault. Video shows he Tasered prone man, then kicked him ...

Const. Mehrdad Mahmodian was handed a rare 30-day custodial sentence for an on-duty assault after an Ontario court ju...

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over 3 years ago
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‘These are offences that shatter a community’s trust’: Judge sentences Toronto cop Michael Theria...

“The fact that Mr. Theriault committed this offence despite his training and position as police officer makes the off...

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over 3 years ago
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No-knock warrants are under scrutiny in the U.S. In Canada it’s called ‘dynamic entry.’ What is t...

Anthony Aust, 23, jumped to his death from his family’s Ottawa apartment in the midst of a police search that involve...

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