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Umar Zameer has been acquitted of all charges in death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup (www.thestar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Seems indeed an accident where everyone involved is a victim. That said, what was the police doing in plain cloth? If anyone is in this situation, how would they have reacted?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Which is why it's so ridiculous that this poor guy was even prosecuted.

“The Crown’s theory — that Mr. Zameer, who the evidence supports was out for a normal family evening with his pregnant wife and young son, who has no criminal record, who has a good work and education history, suddenly decided to intentionally kill or cause bodily harm … to a police officer, runs contrary to logic and common sense,” Copeland wrote in her 53-page decision.