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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.

This is #Unchartered part two. torstar.co/h4ku50Juwoa
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…
She spent a night in jail, was evicted from her home because of the damage caused by police and was temporarily left homeless.

Later, she’d be told without explanation or apology that the drug charge against her had been stayed. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Two months later the Prince Albert ISET team burst into Dorion’s new apartment while she was with friend Mustafe Hussein.

Hussein was grabbed by an officer, forced to the kitchen floor and handcuffed. This time, the raid netted 35 grams of crack cocaine. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Wilde once again led the raid following a tip from a confidential informant, who told the officer another “unknown black male” was dealing drugs from Dorion’s address. thestar.com/news/investiga…
It wasn’t much of a tip — no name, no nickname, no identifying description of the dealer other than skin colour, not even an apartment number. And the officer, a judge would find, did barely any police work to corroborate it. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Once again, Dorion was arrested and charged with the same offence as Hussein — possession for the purpose of trafficking.

She spent two nights in jail, was again evicted and discovered later that the charge against her was stayed. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Prince Albert was one of nine police services across Canada with a systemic problem of officers violating people’s Charter rights, Torstar found after an extensive investigation of court decisions in recent years. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Dive into part two of #Unchartered: thestar.com/news/investiga…

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