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The DRPS attacked a dainty female lawyer who was also black. The racism in Canada is far stronger than in America, especially the RCMP and some of the Eastern friends like DRPS. This is what they do to lawyers who have a legal right to be in the premises, what do you think they to us? What do you think they do inside U.S corporations here?
Peel Region, TPS, DRPS, OPP all setting records for violations of citizens Charter of Rights. They get away with FAR more than they are caught. Now with America aware of the corruption and abuses within their organizations, the U.S is going to walk away from USMCA and deal directly with Mexico.
The same people who accuse you of a crime in Canada are the most violent and dishonest among us. Some of them even on this forum...
www.durhamregion.com
A defence lawyer who was allegedly roughed up by Durham police officers last month was charged with trespassing just 10 minutes after the Oshawa courthouse had closed to the public.
The notice issued to Sudine Riley for “fail to leave premises when directed,” along with a $65 fine, was issued at exactly 5:10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, according to a copy of the notice obtained by the Toronto Star.
The notice, which Riley is contesting, also includes the name and badge number of the Durham police officer who issued it: Lyndon Greene.
The Toronto Star has been chronicling the allegations made by Riley, a Black woman who wears a head scarf, who claims she was assaulted by Durham police officers at the Oshawa courthouse on the afternoon of Jan. 23.
Riley was finishing up legal work in an interview room after a trial when, she alleges, uniformed Durham officers “challenged her presence” in the room.
She alleges they slammed her head on the desk, put their knees on her back and neck and took her to the cells in handcuffs. She said she suffered bleeding and a swollen eye.
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Aside from issuing the trespass notice, no specific allegations have been levelled against Greene, who was previously assigned to Durham police’s air support unit.
A spokesperson for York Regional Police, which took over the criminal investigation into Riley’s allegations at Durham’s request last Friday, declined to comment on whether Greene is being investigated, citing a need to maintain the integrity of the probe.
Durham police also declined to comment Monday; the police service previously said that the unnamed officers involved in the incident had been reassigned from courthouse security.
While Ontario courthouses officially close to the public at 5 p.m., lawyers interviewed by the Toronto Star say they routinely work in court offices well into the evening, and have never been questioned or trespassed, nor heard of any other lawyer having that experience.
“The fact that she was trespassed 10 minutes after closing to the public is also egregious,” said Cassandra DeMelo, president of the advocacy group Women in Canadian Criminal Defence. “It’s an offensive abuse of power.”
Oshawa-based criminal defence lawyer Alan Richter, who has practised in the courthouse since it opened in 2010, said it’s “quite common” for lawyers to be in the building after 5 p.m., and he’s never been asked to leave. Richter said he doesn’t believe there was a reasonable basis for police to issue Riley a trespass notice.
“I think it’s an untenable position for the police,” Richter told the Star. “It demonstrates a very poor exercise of discretion. Whatever may have happened in that room to cause it, there’s little doubt that at some point, they became aware that she was a lawyer, and as such she would be entitled to be in the building.”
A sit-in protest involving dozens of mainly female lawyers and paralegals was held at the Oshawa courthouse last Friday after 5 p.m., marking one week since the incident.
Peel Region, TPS, DRPS, OPP all setting records for violations of citizens Charter of Rights. They get away with FAR more than they are caught. Now with America aware of the corruption and abuses within their organizations, the U.S is going to walk away from USMCA and deal directly with Mexico.
The same people who accuse you of a crime in Canada are the most violent and dishonest among us. Some of them even on this forum...
Defence lawyer alleging assault by Durham cops inside Oshawa courthouse was handed trespassing ticket at 5:10 p.m. — just minutes after close
Sudine Riley alleges officers slammed her head on the desk, put their knees on her back and neck and took her to the cells in handcuffs. She said she suffered bleeding and a swollen eye.
www.durhamregion.com
A defence lawyer who was allegedly roughed up by Durham police officers last month was charged with trespassing just 10 minutes after the Oshawa courthouse had closed to the public.
The notice issued to Sudine Riley for “fail to leave premises when directed,” along with a $65 fine, was issued at exactly 5:10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, according to a copy of the notice obtained by the Toronto Star.
The notice, which Riley is contesting, also includes the name and badge number of the Durham police officer who issued it: Lyndon Greene.
The Toronto Star has been chronicling the allegations made by Riley, a Black woman who wears a head scarf, who claims she was assaulted by Durham police officers at the Oshawa courthouse on the afternoon of Jan. 23.
Riley was finishing up legal work in an interview room after a trial when, she alleges, uniformed Durham officers “challenged her presence” in the room.
She alleges they slammed her head on the desk, put their knees on her back and neck and took her to the cells in handcuffs. She said she suffered bleeding and a swollen eye.
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
Aside from issuing the trespass notice, no specific allegations have been levelled against Greene, who was previously assigned to Durham police’s air support unit.
A spokesperson for York Regional Police, which took over the criminal investigation into Riley’s allegations at Durham’s request last Friday, declined to comment on whether Greene is being investigated, citing a need to maintain the integrity of the probe.
Durham police also declined to comment Monday; the police service previously said that the unnamed officers involved in the incident had been reassigned from courthouse security.
While Ontario courthouses officially close to the public at 5 p.m., lawyers interviewed by the Toronto Star say they routinely work in court offices well into the evening, and have never been questioned or trespassed, nor heard of any other lawyer having that experience.
“The fact that she was trespassed 10 minutes after closing to the public is also egregious,” said Cassandra DeMelo, president of the advocacy group Women in Canadian Criminal Defence. “It’s an offensive abuse of power.”
Oshawa-based criminal defence lawyer Alan Richter, who has practised in the courthouse since it opened in 2010, said it’s “quite common” for lawyers to be in the building after 5 p.m., and he’s never been asked to leave. Richter said he doesn’t believe there was a reasonable basis for police to issue Riley a trespass notice.
“I think it’s an untenable position for the police,” Richter told the Star. “It demonstrates a very poor exercise of discretion. Whatever may have happened in that room to cause it, there’s little doubt that at some point, they became aware that she was a lawyer, and as such she would be entitled to be in the building.”
A sit-in protest involving dozens of mainly female lawyers and paralegals was held at the Oshawa courthouse last Friday after 5 p.m., marking one week since the incident.
