Civil liberties association presses for action after Toronto police chief comments on Umar Zameer acquittal
April 25, 2024
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is asking Toronto’s police services board whether it thinks comments made by the force’s chief were appropriate after a man was acquitted in the death of an officer.The CCLA is also asking the board what steps it will take to ensure Chief Myron Demkiw and other police force members do not “publicly malign bail decisions or criminal verdicts in the future.”
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