Premier Ford 'triples down' on appointing "like-minded" judges after placing his former staffers on the selection committee.

"Judges need to remain impartial. It's a very important part of our judicial system, of our legal process, and the #DougFord govt is going to be calling that into question."
"I haven't heard any lawyers who thought this was a great idea, a good idea, or even an OK idea"
"This is just completely misguided."

#zameer #ontario #onpoli #toronto
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-appointing-former-staffers-judge-selection-committee-1.7127050

💥 "If [Toronto] cops will co-ordinate a lie in a murder trial even when they know there’s video disproving them, how far do they go when they know there’s nothing to disprove what they say?" -- Tom Parkin

#zameer #DougFord #topoli #onpoli

#Toronto Police lied on the stand about the death of one of their own to incriminate a man not guilty of a crime.
“A hero to me is the man who was terrorized by police, beaten by police, charged with murder by police, held for bail, attacked by Mayor Tory and Premier #DougFord for being released, besieged by an unsympathetic press and prosecuted on no theory who still thanks #Canada for his freedom.” — John Struthers, criminal lawyer

#topoli #onpoli #ontario #zameer

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/at-the-umar-zameer-trial-motive-was-the-central-question-but-in-the-end-it/article_0100ea5a-fd99-11ee-a337-df828383c64d.html