To ensure the truth is unearthed from shocking allegations of police antisemitism and anti-black racism from a former senior Toronto Police officer comes demands for an outside investigation.
“B’nai Brith Canada and the Jewish community have a long and proud relationship of working with the police. To ensure that this relationship can be maintained, there must be a fulsome investigation into these allegations,” Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy for B’nai Brith Canada, said Thursday.
“This investigation must be conducted by a third party, in order to ensure its efficacy,” he added.
But on vile claims of racial religious discrimination and corruption in the complaints process being brought to the public’s attention by retired Insp. Hank Idsinga, the first move by the Toronto Police was to criticize the complainant.
The pushback by police is becoming as much the story as the disturbing allegations of racism. If a legendary retired head of the Toronto Police Homicide Unit, who handled some of the service’s most important cases during his 34-year career, is not worthy of listening to, who ever would be?
But the Toronto Police Service seems to be doing damage control instead of investigation.
“Thousands of TPS members show up every day to serve this city. It’s unfortunate that in retirement, Mr. Idsinga has chosen to make claims that will undermine public trust in policing and diminish the work they continue to do every day,” Toronto Police...
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