Jeff Hershberg
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Toronto Criminal Lawyer hershberg @criminaltriallawyers .ca 416-428-7360. Represents anyone charged with a criminal offence. RTs are not necessarily his opinion
100-36 Lombard St., Toronto ON
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Nice witness control and shows the jury that
#AmberHeard
is willing to lie when it benefits her. Her answers are evasive and non-sensical at times. These are hallmarks of deceit.
“Ms. Heard — respectfully, that’s not my question”:
#JohnnyDepp
’s attorney repeatedly told
#AmberHeard
“that’s not my question” during a tense back-and-forth about her non-fulfilled pledge to donate her $7 million settlement to charity.
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Feeling very bad for the African-American residents of
#Kingman
Arizona tonight who learned (if they didn’t already know) that they are unwanted by their neighbours and are simply “tolerated” by their racist fellow citizens
#WhoIsAmerica
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@MillerForTexas
@Montel_Williams
how can you call it "inadvertent"? Was it an auto-correct?
#HorribleExcuses
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@joe_warmington
@ReliableSources
@carlbernstein
@CNN
@POTUS
If there are mental health concerns over POTUS it is a duty to question it as that position is one of the most powerful.Could lead to danger
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It is absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable that an individual ordered released in the morning has to wait until after 11pm to be released from the
#Toronto
South Detention Centre. This is happening all too frequently.
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@ChiefTanner
@ACollinsPhoto
@HaltonPolice
@HRPSOak
@DeputyWilkie
@OakvilleMayor
Good to hear. I hope it includes the officers standing around and allowing the one main officer to act the way he did.
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#Toronto
police officer accused of sexually assaulting woman who called police over domestic threat.Maybe it’s my memory but I don’t recall a news release by TPS regarding Cst.Conal Quinn’s conduct and asking if there are any other victims.
#DoubleStandard
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Told my 7 year old daughter that I worked at Wonderland when I was younger and her eyes lit up like it was the most amazing thing ever and now I’m her hero. My current job means nothing to her.
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@joe_warmington
@ReliableSources
@carlbernstein
@CNN
@POTUS
I can definitely see why that would be a concern but the important question is: what if it is true?
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BREAKING NEWS: Thousands of people on bail today did NOT commit an offence while on bail. Hundreds, if not thousands, of them are on very serious charges.
Reporters on the same topic: Chirp Chirp
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@maccladie
you actually think
@MillerForTexas
doesn't refer to women that way on a regular basis? He probably thinks he respects women most!
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Only in this job do you get a collect call from jail from a non-client to tell you that a guy whose name he doesn’t remember told him to tell me that he is on lockdown and will call me later.
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Anyone watch this
#ArmieHammer
documentary? I was planning on it until I saw this article. If she was trying to pawn off a fake photo as real then I would question everything she said as that is a HUGE red flag. Therefore, Is it worth watching?
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We tried setting a judicial pre-trial for a client in custody today but the Crown opposes saying it has only been a month since the case began. That Crown has slept in a nice warm home for the last month. Our presumed innocent client has slept in a jail cell
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I can conduct gun, drugs, and murder trials but ask me to teach my 6 year old daughter how to add 1 number more than the other (ie 6+7 or 3+4) and within 5 minutes she is crying and I’m frustrated. Teachers have amazing patience.
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Watching body worn camera footage of
#Toronto
Police officers in a case. One officer was about to tell the other officers his version of what happened when another officer taps the guy’s camera to remind him he is being recorded. So very shady. I look forward to cross-examination
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It’s been a rough couple weeks after a client with no record was shockingly detained on June 1st. Finally, he was released today after a successful bail review. He can’t get back witnessing the birth of his first child but at least he can form an early bond.
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Regardless of the eventual verdict,
#Calgary
police officer Alex Dunn is not fit to be a police office. He clearly has anger issues and is a danger to others and probably himself
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How can we expect change when a Crown will, in the face of video evidence showing police lied, fundamentally disagree with a judge who calls them out for perjury? Great work by
@Hussein__Aly
as usual
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The current conflict in
#Israel
has definitely opened up my eyes on colleagues here who pretend to care for human life. To be ok with the intentional murder of children is deplorable. I certainly won’t forget who they are. Whataboutism is never the answer to the murder of kids
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An amazing person and a great judge being railroaded for trying to bring about change for the better.
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A miscarriage of justice happened and it isn’t getting any press. A
#Toronto
Police officer knew there was evidence proving innocence and ignored it. He/she also didn’t disclose it. How often does this happen?
#MiscarriageOfJustice
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before getting to Ottawa
#PatKing
did an interview and declared an intention to shut the city down. King said "if you want to get to work? good luck. Walk" - this is premeditation
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A big problem with Zoom court is the fact that unknown participants, who are not yet required to turn on their camera, can take photos/video of the participants and post them on social media. Today I appeared for judgement on a firearm bail of a Canadian music artist. 1/2
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A Crown Attorney today actually made the argument that an accused should be detained in a gun bail case because of
#Coronovirus
and that his family would be safer from the virus if he remained in custody. Unbelievable
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@TMacSween370
@thecoffeecop
@TheSpec
Does your service always investigate/reprimand officers when court judgements find charter breaches due to racial profiling? I doubt it and therefore your service would be turning a blind eye to prejudice.
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Peel Regional Police officers Jamie Wallace and Christopher Galvao were found to have racially profiled a black men when stopping and searching him. They were, essentially, also found to have lied under oath. I expect no consequences for them.
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When I want a great legal take on a given case I look to
@SewrattanLaw
@crimlacy
@lawandchocolate
and many others. So many better options of lawyers for the media to go to than one specific lawyer who will skip court to give them a bad legal take instead.
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A first for me. Two contested virtual firearm bails in two jurisdictions (1,400km part) on the same day and both clients were released. The changes to our Justice system because of COVID make access to Justice much better.
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I will not be accepting these “limited” Legal Aid certificates which will only serve to assist individuals who are not guilty of the crime they are charged with plead guilty to get it over with. Everyone involved should be concerned with this result.
Judge-Led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC) Certificate system - The Criminal Lawyers' Association (CLA)
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Attended Brampton court for a bail hearing. My black male client was arrested for....having $8000 in cash.
#racism
is clearly alive and well
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@StevenJS_
@CityNews
That is incorrect as these 401 people can infect others who may have to go to hospital and may die.
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Long but satisfying day in bail court today where my client, charged with serious offences, was rightfully released on bail in a weak Crown case. We need strong Justices of the Peace, like the one I was before today, who don’t pander to uninformed political/media created outcry.
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Judge finds Mr. Denis intended to be contemptuous of the law. He is liable beyond a reasonable doubt for contempt of the doctor’s privileged right to testify. Also finds it was an action of intimidation to stop testifying about him.Intention was to obstruct. VERY SERIOUS findings
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If you are a criminal lawyer and you do not yell out your name when you enter a courtroom please do not put your name in the recording before joining an audio court. Listening in to bail court today has been brutal with all the interruptions
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Multiple accused arrested for firearm possession. All on Legal Aid. Legal Aid won’t pay private Counsel for the bail hearing and Duty Counsel takes a position they can’t assist more than one due to some sort of conflict? Now what
@LegalAidOntario
?
@fordnation
?
@ONAttorneyGen
?
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The police often tout video surveillance as amazing and proves guilt. When posted online in
#Forcillo
case, it's trial by YouTube.
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His legal team deserves every penny. Shocked at the amount spent to prosecute this man for trying to do something good for the community. Disgusted by the headline the Toronto Star chose to run with. Not one I am sure the writer of the article chose.
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How is Constable Mesic of the
#Ottawa
Police still an officer? This is not something I would think
@OPSChiefSloly
would condone. This officer’s history seems atrocious. Is the police union that strong?
Stay safe Ottawa.
@OttawaPolice
officer suspended w/ pay for 4 years has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill tenant and sell child. The
@OttawaPolice
officer who is still on the job threatened to feed tenant to fish and “spill blood.”
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Gotta love how some lawyers will speak to another lawyer’s client and give opinions without knowing anything about a case or the client’s history (and then, of course, give their card in hopes of being retained). There is little that is shadier in this profession
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So very happy that the 2019 Sidney B. Linden award goes to Timothy Lutes. The most serving person I know
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Great Justices of the Peace do not think twice about conducting a contested bail hearing on a weekend. I encountered one of these JPs today. Some Crowns really need to think about the life consequences of others when making decisions. Luckily the JP accepted my submissions.
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Peel Police officer Corona has multiple findings in trials of perjury and of racial profiling. This is quite concerning. Does
@PeelPolice
care or will they do anything? Likely not. This officer is likely still patrolling and breaking rules.
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More than a dozen
#Peel
Police officers were found guilty of crimes since 2017, records show. None lost their jobs
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What isn’t lost on me (and shouldn’t be lost on anyone) is that if it’s this easy to steal drugs, it’s even easier to steal money and property before it’s even logged during a search warrant execution.
Stolen trust. Lost cases: How a Toronto cop stole from his force, fed an addiction and wasn’t charged
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@AliciaS11723187
I did not watch all the testimony. A few examples of clear lies can absolutely ruin a witness’ credibility even if everything else said is true. Amber has done no favours to those who have been (or will be) abused by a domestic partner. Many who once believed her likely don’t now
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I might be wrong but Mr. Denis’ lawyer seems to be throwing Denis’ junior lawyer at his legion under the bus for sending the letter. Does anyone actually believe the lawyer wrote the letter on his own without direction or it being written by a superior?
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One positive note from the constant isolation has been the ability to spend more time with one of my pets who may not survive the year due to an unknown illness. She’s been with me for 14 years and has been an amazing, gentle, and fun cat.
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I really dislike co-accused cases sometimes. A great defence for everyone can be built up beautifully only to have it hurt by one counsel who jumps the gun and hurts it for everyone including their own client. So very frustrating.
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Can you guess the form of release for this police officer charged with possession of 3 illegal firearms?
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@JamesDBowie
Sits in Hamilton and is well respected. Not afraid to make difficult decisions and gives everyone a fair shot.
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Prosecutors ok with inviting a miscarriage of Justice need to rethink their career. In a case where they only have half the story, and upon learning the other half from the words of the “victim” simply retorts “well we do not have to call her” shows the problem with the system.
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And within 15 minutes of its conclusion where it was ordered that he be released on bail there was a photo of him in an orange jumpsuit circulating on social media. It’s a Court of Justice Act violation but who will prosecute/care? 2/2
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Brett Kavanaugh learned there’s no constitutional right to eating at Morton's Steakhouse in peace
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I think, and hope, the Crown is about to finish up. Screen share done. Pat King still listening. Mask on but not over the nose (personal pet peeve)
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Appeared in Winnipeg criminal court for the first time. It was a pleasure. A cash deposit bail was set for my client’s release. Unlike in Ontario, the payment can be made by etransfer. So very efficient. Also very friendly staff. Ontario needs to accept etransfers.
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Voting begins soon in the
@ClaOntario
elections. I’m running for
#Toronto
Director position. Other greats are
@BreanaVandebeek
@megan__savard
@Halfyard_Law
@Hussein__Aly
. Highly recommend
@DanielBrownLaw
for VP,
@adamweisberg
for Secretary, and
@MichelleJohal
for Women’s Director
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@CriptoWoman
@MorissaSchwartz
It was done on purpose so they’d face an easier team in the next round. This goalie was given a year suspension.
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Not that you,
@MinJusticeEn
seem to truly care about court delays but it’s important you know that a 4 or 5 day attempt murder prelim ended today with client discharged of all counts. Multiple Crowns reviewed case and decided to proceed. 3-4 week trial time saved.
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5 Correctional Officers from
#Toronto
South Detention Centre charged with aggravated assault against an inmate. Release on promises to appear in court. One more still to be charged. Don’t typically see civilians released on a PTA for aggravated assault
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It is very easy to blame the defence lawyer or the Crown when a hearing does not go the way a person wants but some things are beyond a lawyer's control. Not everything is but some things certainly are.
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I, like many other great lawyers, support the right to protest peacefully. If you, or someone you know, need free legal advice this weekend in
#Toronto
for protesting anti-black oppression please call me any time at (416)428-7360 or toll free at (416)598-5742
#TorontoProtest
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Had a young Crown tell me he was entitled to a document today. Something about this Crown telling me he was “entitled” to it made me dig my heels in. He simply wanted me to fill out meaningless paperwork when everything needed was in the judicial pre-trial notes.
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I’d like to think this is fake but deep down I’m pretty sure it is not. Blink and you’ll miss it
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Crown says
#PatKing
is a leader and release would make a mockery of our justice system. Message sent would be to start a fire, spread fuel, prevent fire trucks from entering, but when caught tell the judge that despite disrespect for rule of law I'll listen to the conditions.
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What criminal defence lawyer doesn’t love a 1:45am arrest call from an old client who still owes money and has an outstanding case where another lawyer is representing him who isn’t answering police calls at 1:45am on Sunday morning so he calls me who always answers?
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My favourite line: He made a mistake and owned up to it.Maybe at the police hearing where he knew he would get a slap on the wrist.But he tried to send a man away to jail for many years based on a lie he told under oath and didn’t own up to it at the time. Am I missing something?
#NEW
from
@wendygillis
: A Toronto police officer blasted by an Ontario judge for testifying “with little regard for truth or accuracy” has been docked eight days’ pay at a police disciplinary hearing.
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Quite impressive drawing. My first glance had me think “why is
@glen_mcgregor
taking a photo of someone in court” but then I realized it’s a skilfully drawn portrait by an artist.
@GregBanning
is who I’d want to do my courtroom sketch one day (not in the prisoner’s box though).
While we are in break, here's the sketch of Pat King by courtroom artist
@GregBanning
. (Reminder that Odin is a company that makes motorcycle gear.)
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There’s one criminal lawyer that some media outlets often go to for comment about cases. Not sure if they do it because they think he knows what he is talking about or because he’ll give them a good sound bite even though it is almost always NOT consistent with our laws/procedure
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A question I feel a lot of loved ones face when someone they care about is having a serious mental health episode is whether calling police a good idea? I wish I could say it was. (1/10)
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No comment on this
@ChiefTanner
? You are so vocal about bail and other bad deeds but how about when a police officer is accused of vile behaviour?
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Scary that people might see certain lawyers frequently on TV, think he's a great lawyer, but not question how he always has time to be on TV
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@theJagmeetSingh
Interesting that when it’s about Air India bomber Parmar and the largest mass murder in Canadian history,
@theJagmeetSingh
is awfully silent. If it’s about
#Israel
, he’s “outraged” - I’d vote ANYONE in before I voted for him!! Knew him as a new lawyer and my opinion never changed
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Off-duty
#Toronto
officers Gurmakh Benning and Calvin Au confronted Brampton teen over 'counterfeit' Apple Watch. He died later that day. Curious if the physical altercation caused this young man’s death?Highly suspicious actions by the officers afterwards
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@agibson62
I whenever I see (or personally hear) a comment about someone being “tired” of everything being about race it’s always from a white person. Wonder why that is?
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McCormack says they've been asking for less use of force options for a long time. Does he disagree with assault rifles being bought?
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If a Crown or police say something the judge should just agree according to
@ChiefTanner
. Therefore, charge laid = guilty. This is a shameful and clueless take on the justice system. How is he still the Chief? His views are contrary to the Charter. This is outright shocking.
@PeelPolice
It is time for our justice system to “WAKE UP”.Do NOT let dangerous repeat offenders back out to kill and injure others.Balance victims rights equally with those of accused persons.
@douglasdowney
@PoliceAssocON
@OACPOfficial
Listen to recommendations of crowns and police. Please
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Unbelievable that
@Puglaas
doesn’t realize that eliminating Peremptory Challenges will affect Aboriginals negatively due to their overrepresentation in the system. Parks challenges alone don’t always work. There are better ways than total elimination.
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Thanks to
@JamesDBowie
's tweet I was able to log on to the
#PatKing
hearing so I will try live tweeting it.
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Watched Jonathan Denis’ lawyer jump up quickly when counsel brings up the fact that his client might have committed a criminal offence in relation to witness intimidation. His client likely scared of this very serious potential outcome. Judge seems to be denying the objection
And Garber's colleague raised the issue of section 139 of the Criminal Code - aka obstruction of justice. At that point the lawyer for
@JonathanDenisAB
stands up and objects.
#CBC
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@SSuptMarioTPS
@TorontoPolice
Please tell me there is something more substantive coming in the next two than this schoolyard response
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Crown mentions
#PatKing
saying real bullets coming and he has a record as long as his arm. Says he has violent intentions and is supposed to be released to a supporter of occupation? says that would bring administration of justice into disrepute.
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Tell me there’s no double standard:
#Toronto
police officer charged with manslaughter Gets released from the police station. Guy with no record charge with drugs held for bail hearing. Gets out, police add new charges from same day, and they hold him for another bail hearing
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Damn it. I should have responded to that email. Guess it's too late now.
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#Windsor
police Sgt. Christian Gannon demoted for neglect of duty for ‘unnecessary’ arrest of two Black men.He clearly lied about what he did, doesn’t appreciate the effect it could have, and is only demoted for 3 months. How can he ever be trusted again?
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Provincial NDP leader
@AndreaHorwath
shows just how clueless she is about the criminal justice system. Her comments about Jian Ghomeshi case showing the fallacies of our system clearly proves her misunderstanding of the presumption of innocence and the frailties in that case.
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The ONLY reason
#SaleheBembury
consented to a search by
#BeverlyHills
Police is to avoid being shot or assaulted for jaywalking. If anyone believes they’d do the same thing to a white person with a
#Versace
bag they are delusional
#RacialProfilling
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#Ragu
is pasta sauce? Ask any Italian and they will beg to differ. If I brought this garbage into my home I think I’d wake up to the liquid they call pasta sauce poured all over me by my Italian wife. Of course, that’s if she didn’t throw the jar at me first
Wait. I’ve been a bit focused on a bail hearing the last few days. What did I miss?!
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Very proud to be partners with Liam O’Connor. Truly one of the greatest lawyers I know - Not guilty! Jury clears Majhail on all charges in murder trial
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Over the last 2 years I have entered several peacebonds on behalf of my clients and some in their absence without issue. Today, while working, a client dialled into court by phone to enter a PB and the judge wouldn’t do it unless he zoomed in.We’re going backwards
@douglasdowney
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Toronto police officers messaged each other during domestic violence testimony, judge finds - I am certain this happens a LOT more often but aren’t caught because they aren’t this obvious about it.
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@TorontoPolice
Don’t you think you should post their names and pictures in case there are other past inmates who have been assaulted by them? You don’t think there might be more victims out there or do you save that for non-officer type individuals charged with offenses?
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@Pamreports
@JoshMatlow
This is incorrect. Once they have been paraded into the police station they can be given access to a phone to speak to a lawyer. In fact, an officer could provide this access even before being paraded if he/she so chooses.
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Amazingly, the lawyer for Mr. Denis suggests a threat of civil action is not something that would fall under intimidation of a witness. A costly lawsuit is a strong threat in my opinion.
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#PatKing
mocked the pain and suffering of Ottawa citizens from the honking and uses it as a means to an end of whatever his ideology dictated. decided it was right to lie to police which raises concerns he'd interfere in the administration of justice.
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