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Unjust invasions are happening across Canada as police mislead courts, bungle warrants and violate suspects’ rights.

This is part four of #Unchartered:
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A Torstar investigation has found dozens of cases over the last decade where police have misled courts to obtain search warrants that were later found to have violated the Charter rights of people facing charges.

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The judicial findings about these bungled or deceitful search warrant applications are among the more than 600 court rulings over the past decade where judges concluded that officers committed serious Charter violations.
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On the morning of Jan. 30, 2019, Const. Jonathan Wilde came calling at Louisa Dorion's home without a warning or knock.

Dorion says half a dozen members broke through the front door with their weapons drawn.

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Wilde and the officers were looking for an “unknown black male” dealing drugs. They arrested a young man who was a tenant in Dorion’s basement and they found 32 grams of crack cocaine. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Prince Albert police charged him with possession for the purpose of trafficking, and, as was their practice, they also charged Dorion with the same offence. thestar.com/news/investiga…
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From Vancouver to Iqaluit to St. John’s, N.L., a new Torstar investigation has identified cases of police brutality, callousness and ignorance among officers who don’t appear to understand suspects’ rights.

This is #Unchartered⬇️
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In multiple cities, after serious breaches were repeated by officers in successive cases, judges are upbraiding entire police forces for “systemic” Charter violations within their ranks.
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Torstar, with the assistance of Western University’s law school, has identified more than 600 court rulings in the past decade where judges found that officers committed serious Charter violations.
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