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- Street Racing Laws Ruled Unconstitutional… Again! by Law is Cool on Nov 24, 2009
For the second time, Ontario’s new anti-street racing laws have been deemed unconstitutional. This time Justice Peter Wright, has thrown out charges by indicating the unconstitutionality of the new law. Justice Peter West, a provincial court...
- Cop Tasers 10 Year Old… by Law is Cool on Nov 20, 2009
In a story that seems even more far fetched than an episode of “COPS” an Arkansas police officer has been suspended in part for applying his taser to a 10 year old girl. However, the oddest part to this story is not that the officer Dusti...
- Former OPP Commish to Review UWO Arrest… by Law is Cool on Nov 3, 2009
The University of Western Ontario has hired former Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner and lawyer Gwen Boniface to review the violent arrest of Irnes Zeljkovic according to a London Free Press article and from UWO Communications. The arrest garne...
- Toronto Police Accuses SIU of Playing Politics by Law is Cool on Oct 30, 2009
The push and pull of Ontario’s Police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, continues after Toronto Police Service Association Union President Mike McCormack suggests. It was only last year that the Ontario Ombudsman’s Office head...
- Police Were Instigators in Montebello – Report Holds by Law is Cool on Oct 25, 2009
When the North American Summit Leaders’ Summit was held in Montebello, Quebec in August 2007, something came to the attention of Dave Coles, President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union. Amidst a seemingly peaceful protest, Co...
- David Chen: Vigilante or Local Hero? by Law is Cool on Oct 23, 2009
On May 23, when Anthony Bennett was captured on video camera stealing $60 worth of plants from David Chen’s, Mr. Chen’s Lucky Moose Market located in Toronto, it set off a chain of events that may lead to a reform of what is known as R...
- Citizen’s arrest by Law is Cool on Oct 23, 2009
It’s one of the cases that gets ordinary people all riled up. A chronic criminal, Anthony Bennett, who some say stole from Chinatown stores for years finally got caught. A hard-working store owner, Mr. Chen, aided by two associates, witnessed a th...
