Rapper wants justice after Ottawa police 'tore house apart' in failed no-knock raid ottnews ottawa
Black men, who experts say are — along with Indigenous residents — disproportionately affected by violent police tactics.
"And at times, if the raids are not conducted properly or if the warrant wasn't applied for properly or properly obtained, even when there is evidence of criminality, that may get tossed out in court."A major problem is that police agencies don't track how often their no-knock raids go off the rails for one or more of those reasons, both Owusu-Bempah and Giancaterino, the Ottawa defence lawyer, said.
University of Toronto sociologist Akwasi Owusu-Bempah says police aren't held accountable when a raid fails to turn up any evidence of criminality.
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