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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:11 PM
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OPP union wants to know why cocaine charges dropped
Ontario Provincial Police officers — “shocked” at how Rahim Jaffer’s case was handled by the Ontario atttorney-general’s office — want to know why the drunk driving and cocaine possession charges they laid against the embattled former MP were dropped.

“Our members conducted a thorough, professional and detailed investigation,” Karl Walsh, president of the Ontario Provincial Police Association, said in a statement Thursday. “They were prepared to have their evidence tested at court but were never given the opportunity.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/796181
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I guess the cops don't want to take the blame for this. I don't blame them.

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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:53 AM
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1. Good for them!
This should have gone to court where the evidence would have been tested as to it's admissibility in public. I am glad they are not backing down on this. There is little doubt in my mind Jaffer received special treatment and did, indeed, get a big "break" as iterated by the Judge.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:12 AM
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2. I have seen charges re-activated
If the administration of justice becomes in ill repute, or whatever phrase they use. Ultimately, this is where this may be headed.
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