shockedcanadian
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Canada in a nutshell.
A police state indeed. Ruthless, unaccountable and a threat to Canada AND the United States.
His life destroyed because the police agencies don't care. There is a reason our economy is in the dumps and our best, most motivated and ambitious are in the U.S or elsewhere...
www.thestar.com
Early in the morning of May 11, 2020, Xu Chen woke up to the sound of people breaking into the Scarborough house where he rented a room.
Chen, then a 56-year-old program supervisor with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), thought it was a robbery and locked his bedroom door. Intruders smashed through it, he said, ordered him to lie down at gunpoint and handcuffed him.
It was the police, and Chen was under arrest — but he had no idea why. He was charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and production of methamphetamine, then released that afternoon pending trial.
“I did not know what Methamphetamine was until I was released from the police custody and had to use Google to find out,” Chen, who goes by Stephen, later told the court.
The Scarborough house was one of 14 GTA locations that police raided that day to uproot an alleged drug trafficking network. It was the culmination of “Project Crowthorne,” a 13-month-long investigation led by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
In the bust, police seized about 20 kilograms of methamphetamine, 100 kilograms of ephedrine, 200,000 suspected MDMA pills, one ounce of cocaine, and $500,000, the OPP said in a news release, though none of it came from Chen’s home. They arrested 12 people.
A police state indeed. Ruthless, unaccountable and a threat to Canada AND the United States.
His life destroyed because the police agencies don't care. There is a reason our economy is in the dumps and our best, most motivated and ambitious are in the U.S or elsewhere...
He was arrested, lost his job and fought for two years to clear his name. Then a ‘deeply flawed’ police investigation fell apart in court
Xu Chen insisted he was a victim of mistaken identity. But Ontario Provincial Police investigators ignored evidence of his innocence.
www.thestar.com
Early in the morning of May 11, 2020, Xu Chen woke up to the sound of people breaking into the Scarborough house where he rented a room.
Chen, then a 56-year-old program supervisor with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), thought it was a robbery and locked his bedroom door. Intruders smashed through it, he said, ordered him to lie down at gunpoint and handcuffed him.
It was the police, and Chen was under arrest — but he had no idea why. He was charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and production of methamphetamine, then released that afternoon pending trial.
“I did not know what Methamphetamine was until I was released from the police custody and had to use Google to find out,” Chen, who goes by Stephen, later told the court.
The Scarborough house was one of 14 GTA locations that police raided that day to uproot an alleged drug trafficking network. It was the culmination of “Project Crowthorne,” a 13-month-long investigation led by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
In the bust, police seized about 20 kilograms of methamphetamine, 100 kilograms of ephedrine, 200,000 suspected MDMA pills, one ounce of cocaine, and $500,000, the OPP said in a news release, though none of it came from Chen’s home. They arrested 12 people.
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