shockedcanadian
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This is Canada. Police can breach a persons Charter of Rights, not a surprise to me of course as I am aware of how creepy our nation is and the Charter is toilet paper. However, we are talking about people having their doors stormed, people injured, and the Board says in essence "we dont want to know, plausible deniability is cool with us".
Trumps administration is well aware of Canadian abuses that threaten national security and American interests. I hope this is well known with the FBI, NYPD, New Jersey and Florida police. If not, you are setting the table for a future America that is more like a creepy nation than a free America.
From the RCMP on down, America better understand that the Stasi methods have been admired and instilled. Is this what America would accept as an "ally"?
www.thespec.com
It was more than a year ago when retired Crown attorney Andrew Bell, delegating before Hamilton’s police board, panned the service after a court ruling found officers violated Charter rights when they unnecessarily broke down a door during a raid and failed to provide an accused their right to counsel.
“No criminal case should ever be lost or comprised due to a Charter breach by the Hamilton Police Service,” Bell told the board in February 2024, calling the tossed drug case and no-knock raid a “monstrous failure.”
Bell, who has decades of experience in Charter litigation and compliance, proposed the board implement a new policy that ensured Hamilton’s police chief would notify the board whenever an officer committed a Charter breach.
“I want this board to take action. Be a pioneer.”
On Thursday, that opportunity to act was placed squarely in front of the board, with citizen member Anjali Menezes moving a motion that proposed heightened monitoring and accountability of police-involved Charter violations.
They opted against it.
Motions at board meetings require a mover and a seconder before it can be discussed and voted on.
Menezes, the author of the motion, understandably moved it.
But when it came time for a seconder, no other board member raised their hand, leaving the motion to not be discussed — much less voted on.
“I am disappointed and upset, absolutely,” Menesez told The Spectator after the meeting. “I very much suspected this outcome could be a possibility, but I am hopeful there may be a way to try again … I’m not going to give up.”
Aside from Menezes, board members present at Thursday’s meeting were chair Don Robertson, vice-chair Esther Pauls and provincial appointee Shaun Padulo. Mayor Andrea Horwath (injured) and Coun. Cameron Kroetsch (suspended) were absent.
Menezes told the board her two-page motion was inspired by Bell’s delegation last year, which led her “on a year-long journey to learn about this topic” and how the board can help police safeguard the Charter rights of all Hamilton residents.
Trumps administration is well aware of Canadian abuses that threaten national security and American interests. I hope this is well known with the FBI, NYPD, New Jersey and Florida police. If not, you are setting the table for a future America that is more like a creepy nation than a free America.
From the RCMP on down, America better understand that the Stasi methods have been admired and instilled. Is this what America would accept as an "ally"?
Hamilton police board refuses to debate motion on Charter breach policy
Dr. Anjali proposed to increase monitoring of police-involved Charter breaches. After no one seconded her motion, it wasn’t discussed or voted on.
www.thespec.com
It was more than a year ago when retired Crown attorney Andrew Bell, delegating before Hamilton’s police board, panned the service after a court ruling found officers violated Charter rights when they unnecessarily broke down a door during a raid and failed to provide an accused their right to counsel.
“No criminal case should ever be lost or comprised due to a Charter breach by the Hamilton Police Service,” Bell told the board in February 2024, calling the tossed drug case and no-knock raid a “monstrous failure.”
Bell, who has decades of experience in Charter litigation and compliance, proposed the board implement a new policy that ensured Hamilton’s police chief would notify the board whenever an officer committed a Charter breach.
“I want this board to take action. Be a pioneer.”
On Thursday, that opportunity to act was placed squarely in front of the board, with citizen member Anjali Menezes moving a motion that proposed heightened monitoring and accountability of police-involved Charter violations.
They opted against it.
Motions at board meetings require a mover and a seconder before it can be discussed and voted on.
Menezes, the author of the motion, understandably moved it.
But when it came time for a seconder, no other board member raised their hand, leaving the motion to not be discussed — much less voted on.
“I am disappointed and upset, absolutely,” Menesez told The Spectator after the meeting. “I very much suspected this outcome could be a possibility, but I am hopeful there may be a way to try again … I’m not going to give up.”
Aside from Menezes, board members present at Thursday’s meeting were chair Don Robertson, vice-chair Esther Pauls and provincial appointee Shaun Padulo. Mayor Andrea Horwath (injured) and Coun. Cameron Kroetsch (suspended) were absent.
Menezes told the board her two-page motion was inspired by Bell’s delegation last year, which led her “on a year-long journey to learn about this topic” and how the board can help police safeguard the Charter rights of all Hamilton residents.
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