Ontario Provincial Police have destroyed DNA samples collected from nearly 100 migrant farm workers during a sexual assault investigation after the broad sweep was found to have violated human rights.
The destruction of the samples is part of a recently reached settlement between a group of migrant workers and the provincial police force following a human rights complaint.
The DNA samples were collected from 96 seasonal labourers, even though many did not remotely match a description of a suspect aside from being Black or brown migrant farm workers.
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