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An independent hearing started in Saskatoon on Monday that is going to determine who police officers should be able to call friends. Former Sgt. Robbie Taylor was fired in March because of a relationship with a man who was an associate of the Hells Angels biker gang. He appealed the firing and an …
Read More »Ex-police officer sentenced to 33 months for violating Breonna Taylor’s rights
Former Louisville, Ky., police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced on Monday to 33 months in prison for violating Breonna Taylor’s rights during the raid in which she was shot and killed. The sentencing came after U.S. President Donald Trump’s Justice Department asked the judge to imprison him for a single day. …
Read More »Ottawa officer removed after army learned of antisemitic, homophobic ‘Blue Hackle Mafia’ group
The Canadian Army has suspended the commanding officer of the Cameron Highlanders in Ottawa after discovering a Facebook group with “abhorrent” content. As CBC News reported earlier this month, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has been investigating the “Blue Hackle Mafia” group, which the army said was littered with “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and …
Read More »Measles spread ‘like wildfire’ among unvaccinated children in northeast B.C., health officer says
A pocket of unvaccinated children in northeast B.C. allowed cases of measles in the region to spread “like wildfire,” says B.C.’s deputy provincial health officer, Dr. Martin Lavoie. He made the remarks during a provincial update on the disease that has seen multiple exposures reported in and around Fort St. …
Read More »Edmonton police officer found not guilty of assault in 2019 arrest involving baton – Edmonton
An Edmonton Police Service officer was acquitted by a jury on Wednesday, after he was accused of assaulting a man with a baton while trying to arrest him more than five years ago. Const. Alexander (Alex) Doduk was found not guilty of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily …
Read More »Roadside killing of OPP officer Greg Pierzchala a ‘joint effort,’ Crown tells Cayuga, Ont., trial
Nearly a month after the start of the trial into the killing of an Ontario Provincial Police constable, the Crown began its closing arguments, arguing Tuesday that Randall McKenzie shot and killed Greg Pierzchala and Brandi Stewart-Sperry helped him do it. McKenzie and Stewart-Sperry have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the December …
Read More »Black RCMP officer says he was demoted after raising concerns over training course
An African Nova Scotian RCMP staff sergeant who created anti-racism workshops for his employer says he was removed from his position after he raised concerns about intellectual property rights when the initiative he headed was going to be expanded. Craig Smith, a Mountie for nearly three decades, was described by the RCMP …
Read More »Judge allows testing of George Floyd tissue samples as officer seeks new trial on civil rights conviction
A judge has granted permission to Derek Chauvin’s lawyers to have tissue samples from George Floyd’s body examined. It’s part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights after he was also convicted in Floyd’s 2020 killing. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson granted the order Monday, agreeing to …
Read More »He was an IDF officer but now he says he'd rather go to jail than participate in the Gaza war
Conscientious objectors to the Gaza war are still a minority in Israel, but a small group of them has grown more vocal lately. Michael Ofer-Ziv is one former soldier who sees his criticism of the war and refusal to return to it as a way of paying his dues for …
Read More »Officer told domestic victim there’d be charges, help years before her murder. But nothing happened
The video shows an intimate partner violence detective entering the interview room at Ottawa police headquarters on Elgin Street. Hanadi Mohammed — then 42, eight years before her murder — follows in a long black dress, glasses and beige hijab. She looks at the camera and around the room before …
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