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[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 month ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fenton-appeal-1.4397286

Only one cop was punished. His sentence was losing 60 paid vacation days, probably 2 years without vacation at his seniority.

"It is difficult for us to conceive how convictions for the mass arrests, found to be unlawful, of hundreds of individuals in contravention of their Charter rights are not at the more serious end of the spectrum of misconduct."

The panel that sentenced him admits his behaviour was heinous, but gave him such a slap on the wrist.

He argued in court that what he did was fair and it's unreasonable to expect him to have done better.

The people who were arrested and forced to stand outside in the rain without food or water for hours won a 16 million dollar class action settlement and had their records expunged. But it took nearly a decade because the police was trying to weasel out of it. A decade with a wrongful criminal record sets you back more than 16k/person.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/g20-toronto-police-regret-1.5767958

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

Honestly, we should start asking what the fuck is wrong with the judges, too.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago

and let's not forget the politicians that blithely let the system continue as-is

this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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