Not with certainty, but the person who took the picture said "Holy s***. Just watched OPP cruiser U-turn into front of motorcycle. Motorcycle slammed brakes, slid into cruiser. "
The OPP on Highway 10 are a law unto themselves. I'm getting tired of seeing them traveling over the speed limit, doing spontaneous u-turns and playing the "anything to get rid of a book of tickets" game. Going to have to start contacting the politicians and put someone on the hot seat.
They always use the " no reasonable chance of conviction" trick tooI get the feeling more and more that the SIU doesn't really get to decide when to charge. It is in my opinion that it is still left up to the crown. I'd like to see the crown removed from the process.
This is the process for ALL charges. Even if you were to lay a "private information", (basically lay the charge yourself), the crown still has to review the evidence and case. In our legal system the "crown" represents the people. So they are involved in every decision as to weather to proceed or not. The crown is the one who must present the "people's case" to the court, therefore, they can NOT be removed from the process. Doesn't matter if it is the police, private citizen, SIU, or any other government entity, (min of Environment, MTO, MNRF) the crown is the one to decide if there will be a charge filed.I get the feeling more and more that the SIU doesn't really get to decide when to charge. It is in my opinion that it is still left up to the crown. I'd like to see the crown removed from the process.
Hopefully this is the case. The cruiser WILL have GPS data available to SIU. Witness testimony can at times be unreliable. Perfect case is the one where a Peel officer was just cleared in a shooting by the SIU some witnesses, claim the man had his hands in air and was unarmed while others said he had a knife, There is an audio only recording and you can hear officers yelling drop the knife several times. But those witness still say there was no knife.
If someone breaks into my house and they have a knife, I'm not allowed to fill them with bullets. But if I'm a cop with a bullet proof vest on, a baton I've been trained to use, why is it ok for a cop to shoot and kill that person. Even in Russia they try to disarm suspect before opening fire.
If someone breaks into my house and they have a knife, I'm not allowed to fill them with bullets. But if I'm a cop with a bullet proof vest on, a baton I've been trained to use, why is it ok for a cop to shoot and kill that person. Even in Russia they try to disarm suspect before opening fire.