The man beaten by an off-duty Toronto constable says he doesn’t understand why it took more than a year for the Toronto Police Service to release a report detailing why its officers didn’t call in Ontario’s police watchdog to investigate.
Toronto police “failed” to follow procedure by not notifying the province’s police watchdog about the beating of a young Black man by off-duty constable Michael Theriault in December 2016, an external review has found but the inspector responsible for the decision has since retired and therefore won’t face any discipline.
The father of the Toronto Police officer convicted of assault on Dafonte Miller came to the scene of the beating near his home to support his sons as the investigation began into the 2016 attack, a new report from the Waterloo Police found.
The father of the Toronto Police officer convicted of assault on Dafonte Miller came to the scene of the beating near his home to support his sons as the investigation began into the 2016 attack, a new report from police in Waterloo Region has found.
Published Friday, July 30, 2021 3:41PM EDT TORONTO - An off-duty police officer convicted of brutally assaulting a young Black man has been denied bail as he seeks to bring his case before Canada s top court. Const. Michael Theriault had asked to be released from custody while he applies for leave to appeal his conviction and nine-month sentence with the Supreme Court of Canada. In a ruling released today, the Court of Appeal for Ontario rejected his request, saying the grounds of Theriault s application to the higher court “have little chance of success.” The court also says it is in the public interest to keep Theriault detained, even though he may serve much of his sentence before the Supreme Court decides whether to hear his appeal.