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Montreal police give no comment on video of man’s violent detaining

Montreal police gave no comment on a video circulating on social media showing a violent intervention between one man and several officers on Saturday at Jeanne-Mance Park downtown.

The video shows several officers pinning the man to the ground while one officer holds the man in a chokehold and punches him several times in the head. Witnesses are heard in the video saying the police officers were choking the man.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7751774/mont ... detaining/

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Hamilton police officer charged with sexual assault following SIU investigation

A Hamilton police officer has been charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm following an investigation by Ontario's police watchdog.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) was contacted by Hamilton police on Nov. 7 following a complaint alleging a man had been sexually assaulted the day before, the unit said in a release.

On Wednesday, the SIU announced Const. Ryan Cole has been charged with one count of sexual assault causing bodily harm.

Hamilton Police Service said Cole is a six-year member and the charge is related to an on-duty incident in November 2020.

The charge stemmed from an arrest and "an interaction that occurred while this individual was in police custody," according to the union representing the city's officers.

The Hamilton Police Association said it's "committed to supporting" Cole as the court process progresses.

The officer has been placed on administrative duties and has no contact with the public, the police service said in a release.

Cole was arrested Wednesday and released with conditions including that he not associate with any witnesses or carry a firearm, said the SIU.

He's scheduled to appear in court in Hamilton on May 3.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -1.5986889

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I looked and didn't see this one from January.

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A video of Guelph police officers forcefully arresting a 64-year-old man has gone viral after entertainment channel 6ixbuzztv posted it on Instagram.

The caption on the post credits Guelph’s Mercury Tribune for the video and reads “Super unnecessary. Posting for awareness.”

In the video, an officer is seen struggling with the man as he tries to fight back on the doorstep of a home. The officer hits him in the face a few times while the man grabs the officer by the leg. A second officer comes in to assist and is heard saying “stop resisting.” After some struggle, the man is turned over on his stomach and dragged inside the home a few steps while both officers try to place him in handcuffs.

Video here:

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/01/14/ ... oes-viral/

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New 'statement to police' card for Indigenous people released in Alberta

An Edmonton non-profit has created a new wallet-sized card to help Indigenous people know their rights if stopped by police in Alberta.

The statement to police card created by the Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) provides a list of people's rights and a paragraph that can be read to police. It also lists the organization's contact information.

Staff say the card is to help Indigenous people invoke their rights.

"This is basically to help, especially in interactions with the police where it's potentially a crisis, or you get flustered or caught off guard, to just have what you need to say there, so police also know that there are responsibilities on both sides," said Daena Crosby, director of legal education, media and research with NCSA.

"We tried to make it as easy as possible."

The NCSA offered a slightly different version of the card previously, and the new iteration of the free card was started shortly after the provincial government banned the practice of carding by police last November and imposed new rules on street checks.

"This is an NCSA-specific project so it is focused on Indigenous communities themselves but with Black Lives Matter and the conviction yesterday for George Floyd's murder, this information is paramount to all people, all Canadians. Everyone has the right to know what their legal rights are," said Crosby.

"It's just getting access to that information that's a challenge and having the tools the people need to be able to keep themselves alert to what their rights are and also safe in those interactions as well."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.5997169

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6000626

"Exclusion of evidence in criminal cases is governed by a section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that says evidence should be kept out of a trial if allowing it in might bring the justice system into disrepute.

The Supreme Court of Canada has said exclusion is "not a remedy for police misconduct" and not a means to discipline police.

"There is something particularly concerning about a police policy of deliberate non-compliance with mandated requirements due to the unilateral prioritization of their preferred investigative methods over following the law," Masuhara wrote."

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Lethbridge cop suspended for search of woman's info days after she reported sex assault by retired inspector

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Prince Albert RCMP officer charged with murder of 26-year-old man from Clearwater River Dene Nation

An RCMP officer in Prince Albert, Sask., has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Braden Herman, a 26-year-old man from Clearwater River Dene Nation, 600 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.

Cpl. Bernie Herman, 53, was charged Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Prince Albert Thursday at 10 a.m. CT.

The Mountie has served on the force for 32 years. He and Braden Herman are not related but knew each other.

Friends had previously confirmed to CBC News that Braden was the man whose body was found in a wooded area in Prince Albert Tuesday night. Family members have also posted messages on social media in memory of him.

Braden, who lived in Prince Albert, is being remembered as a kindhearted person who was devoted to his loved ones.

"He's friendly," said long-time friend Rena Lemaigre. "He's a nice person. He's not the type of guy who would fight."

She said Braden had lived with the RCMP officer and his family in Prince Albert but that the two — who come from the same Dene community in northern Saskatchewan — had a falling out and their relationship had been tense ever since.

Bernie Herman came from La Loche, which neighbours Clearwater River Dene Nation.

Lemaigre said the officer would call Braden repeatedly, so much so that, she said, she considered it "harassment."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6023929

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Vancouver mayor, police apologize to retired B.C. judge for wrongful detainment

The mayor of Vancouver says he is “appalled” that police officers wrongfully detained and handcuffed a retired British Columbia Supreme Court justice out for a walk on Friday morning.

Kennedy Stewart says in a statement he reached out to apologize to Justice Selwyn Romilly,the first Black person appointed to the court.

Vancouver Police Sgt. Steve Addison says in a statement officers were dispatched around 9:15 a.m. following reports of a man kicking, punching and spitting at people along the seawall near English Bay.

He says officers patrolling the area noticed a man resembling the description of the suspect and “briefly detained him to investigate,” handcuffing him given the violent nature of the reported incidents.

Addison says the man was compliant and identified himself as a retired judge, and the handcuffs were “quickly removed.”

He says a patrol supervisor has since offered an apology.

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/c ... detainment

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Black market mansion casino case in tatters after claims police planted evidence, ignored legal rules

'We uncovered troubling evidence pointing to instances of serious police misconduct, including conduct that, if proven, would amount to criminal offences'

Criminal charges have been dropped against the owner of a luxurious mansion north of Toronto — where police raided an opulent private casino — after officers were accused of stealing expensive watches, planting evidence and disregarding rules against police monitoring communications with lawyers.

It looked like something out of James Bond when York Regional Police raids were announced, with images showing a full-service black market casino for wealthy gamblers inside a 53-room, 20,000-square-foot mansion with cathedral ceilings and a stuffed polar bear.

Behind stone walls and iron gates at 5 Decourcy Crt. in Markham, patrolled by guard dogs and armed security, unregulated high-stakes baccarat, mah-jong and poker were offered along with top-shelf liquor, wine and exotic foods, including braised shark fins, York Regional Police (YRP) said at the time.

The police investigation was code-named Project Endgame but the end of the project is decidedly messy.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/bl ... egal-rules

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I bet they find that cops who fucked that up were on the payroll of the casino.

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Red Deer mother upset after 12-year-old son handcuffed in police mix-up


A Red Deer mother is upset after her 12-year-old son was handcuffed by armed police officers who were investigating a nearby shooting.

Amanda Scott and her son were inside their Hepworth Close duplex at 3:30 p.m. Monday when police arrived to investigate a report that a vehicle had been shot at while driving past a home.

Scott told CBC News she did not hear any gunshots. She said she was in her bedroom when she opened her window and was confronted by police.

"All of a sudden, this guy yells at me 'Come out with your hands up,' and a whole bunch of guns are pointed at me," she said.

Scott said she believes police were given the wrong address.

Scott said she came out of her house and was placed in handcuffs. Police asked her if anyone else was in the house. She told them her 12-year-old son was inside and then he, too, was brought out in handcuffs.

"And it wasn't until one of the officers was standing close and I had heard on their radio that they got the wrong place," Scott said.

Red Deer RCMP confirm Scott and her son were detained and released a short time later when it was determined that they were not involved. The alleged shooter was arrested soon after.

Scott wants anyone who took photos of her child while he was detained by RCMP to remove them from social media.

"The fact is, we had nothing to do with it," she said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.6040231

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RCMP is losing Indigenous officers — and some former Mounties blame racism in the ranks

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The number of misconduct investigations of border officers soared last year

The number of misconduct investigations of border officers grew last year, despite a dramatic reduction in international travel due to the pandemic.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it conducted 215 "founded" investigations of its officers last year, up from 171 in 2019. (The CBSA says it considers a complaint "founded" if "aspects" of it are found to be "valid.")

The increase came after border restrictions imposed to control the pandemic caused a massive decrease in travel to and from Canada. Last year, the total number of recorded trips in and out of the country by air and land was just more than 25 million — a far cry from the nearly 94 million trips logged in 2019.

The agency noted that not all of the misconduct cases involved travel.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbsa-t ... -1.6048545

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How One Journalist Is Changing The Narrative Of The Nova Scotia Massacre

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On the one-year anniversary of the Nova Scotia massacre, The Globe and Mail published a feature that repeatedly described those questioning authorities’ official narrative of the events of April 18–19, 2020, as conspiracy theorists. And in a way, this was accurate: such skeptics regard the RCMP’s response to the killer’s 13-hour rampage across a significant swath of the province as having been so catastrophically inadequate that something other than, or in addition to, unfathomable ineptitude must have been at play.

Paul Palango, who until 1990 was a senior editor at the Globe, is among them. In the decades since leaving the paper, he has authored three books about Canada’s national police force. And over the past year, he has repeatedly uncovered details about the massacre that, at the very least, raise inconvenient new questions for which there have yet to be any satisfying answers.

Last week, he published a bombshell in Halifax’s Frank Magazine: audio and transcripts of 911 calls placed shortly after the start of the incident by three separate people (one of whom was killed moments later), who all described the killer as driving what appeared to be an RCMP vehicle — a crucial fact the Mounties maintained they didn’t first learn until many hours (and many deaths) later.

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New Brunswick police officer who fatally shot Chantel Moore won't be charged

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The Public Prosecutions Service of New Brunswick said in a news release there was no reasonable prospect of a conviction based on the evidence.

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