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They name accused Canadians all the time. In fact, we have people sitting in prison for months, even years awaiting trials for which they are exonerated. Most are in fact not sent to prison as a sentence, but they wait in prison for their day in court.
This is 3rd World tactics that our Forefathers died to avoid. Fascism Police States.
In theory, accused should not be named, but when you provide extreme powers to organizations, transparency and accountability must be the expectation not the exception.
Slowly but surely, the exception is becoming the rule. It is about 50 years too slow but we may get there. I'm not sure Canadas economy lead by Ontarios impending collapse will be able to take advantage of a free-er, more accountable system.
Ontario's Superior Court of Justice has ruled that police officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man in crisis in 2020 should not have their names shielded from the public.
In a ruling released Monday, Justice Paul M. Perell quashed a motion pushing for anonymity brought forth by five Peel Regional Police officers involved in the death of Ejaz Choudry.
Those officers are currently the subject of a lawsuit initiated by Choudry's family. Choudry, a father of four with schizophrenia, was shot and killed by police west of Toronto in June 2020 after his family called a non-emergency line for help.
Lawyers for the officers involved in the death of the 62-year-old — including one who fired two bullets into Choudry's chest — had argued that publishing their names could put them and their families at risk of physical violence.
Perell dismissed that argument in his decision, saying that a publication ban on the officers' identities would have a negative impact on freedom of expression and the public's ability to both understand the circumstances surrounding Choudry's death, and the conduct of the officers involved.
"The whole of civil society has an interest in scrutinizing the administration of justice in a civil action that involves how that society is being policed in what was a civil matter of a wellness check, which is a civil service that police officers, along with paramedics, and other first responders are called upon to do from time to time," Perell wrote.
This is 3rd World tactics that our Forefathers died to avoid. Fascism Police States.
In theory, accused should not be named, but when you provide extreme powers to organizations, transparency and accountability must be the expectation not the exception.
Slowly but surely, the exception is becoming the rule. It is about 50 years too slow but we may get there. I'm not sure Canadas economy lead by Ontarios impending collapse will be able to take advantage of a free-er, more accountable system.
Ontario's Superior Court of Justice has ruled that police officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man in crisis in 2020 should not have their names shielded from the public.
In a ruling released Monday, Justice Paul M. Perell quashed a motion pushing for anonymity brought forth by five Peel Regional Police officers involved in the death of Ejaz Choudry.
Those officers are currently the subject of a lawsuit initiated by Choudry's family. Choudry, a father of four with schizophrenia, was shot and killed by police west of Toronto in June 2020 after his family called a non-emergency line for help.
Lawyers for the officers involved in the death of the 62-year-old — including one who fired two bullets into Choudry's chest — had argued that publishing their names could put them and their families at risk of physical violence.
Perell dismissed that argument in his decision, saying that a publication ban on the officers' identities would have a negative impact on freedom of expression and the public's ability to both understand the circumstances surrounding Choudry's death, and the conduct of the officers involved.
"The whole of civil society has an interest in scrutinizing the administration of justice in a civil action that involves how that society is being policed in what was a civil matter of a wellness check, which is a civil service that police officers, along with paramedics, and other first responders are called upon to do from time to time," Perell wrote.
