Sobs of relief and frustration erupted in a Toronto courtroom Sunday as a man accused of fatally running over a city police officer was found not guilty in his death. Umar Zameer appeared to collapse when the verdict was read out on the fourth day of jury deliberations, leaning on his lawyers for support before rushing to his wife for a long and tearful hug. Zameer had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who died on July 2, 2021 after he...
TORONTO - Jurors have begun their deliberations in the trial of Umar Zameer, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Toronto police Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. The officer, who was in plain clothes, died on July 2, 2021, after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. Prosecutors said Zameer made deliberate choices to drive dangerously while there were people nearby, killing the officer. But the defence argued Zameer did not...
A Toronto police officer shot a 28-year-old man who stabbed him during an altercation in the city's west end on Friday afternoon, the province's police watchdog said. The incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a plaza in the area of College Street and Lansdowne Avenue. Kristy Denette, a spokesperson for the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), told reporters at the scene that Toronto police received a call at a residence about a person in crisis. Officers located the...
Multiple arrests at crackdown on Emory University campus encampment focused on Palestine and Cop CityPolice have carried out multiple violent arrests at Emory University in Decatur, Georgia, in what appears to be the first campus crackdown in recent days to involve rubber bullets and teargas after students set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine and against Cop City.On Thursday, Emory students set up multiple tents on the campus’s lawns in protest against the university’s ties to...
Toronto police have released videos of a suspect who allegedly stabbed a stranger he bumped into in the city’s Mount Dennis neighbourhood earlier this week.
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Authorities say a Toronto police officer has been stabbed and a suspect has been shot in the city’s west end
TORONTO - Two police officers who spoke to a man accused of running over a constable say he told them at the scene of the incident that he didn't know the people who had approached his car were police. Det. Const. Ryan D'Souza and Det. Const. Scharnil Pais were called to testify about the comments Umar Zameer made to them at the time of his arrest on July 2, 2021. Zameer has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who died after he was hit by...
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Toronto police say a 27-year-old man who was shot after stabbing a police officer in Toronto’s west end last week is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder. The altercation occurred at around 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a plaza in the area of College Street and Lansdowne Avenue. A spokesperson for the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) previously said that Toronto police were first called to the area for reports of a person in crisis. Officers located the man outside a...
A person rescued from a fire in a downtown Toronto apartment building on Sunday morning was subsequently arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer at the scene, police say. Toronto Fire Service (TFS) was first called to 291 George St. at around 8:25 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found one person hanging from the window, the service said. The person was rescued and transported to hospital with injuries related to smoke inhalation. The fire has since been knocked down. According to an...
Multiple drivers have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal for allegedly using their mobile phones on and around the Edinburgh City Bypass. Midlothian Police carried out a day of action on the A720 last Wednesday, April 10 with several motorists also issued with on-the-spot fines. Officers from Dalkeith and Dunbar’s road policing teams as well as the Midlothian Community Action team and response officers patrolled the major route and its surrounding roads in unmarked vehicles. Eight motorists...