http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9065/0 en http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/opp-takes-schaeffer-minty-case-ottawa/17204 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Supreme Court hosts landmark battle against police violence and impunity </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dscf1763_0.jpg" alt="" title="Justice for Levi Campaign at Human Rights Monument in Ottawa, April 19" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>The Justice for Levi (J4L) campaign to end police impunity for acts of violence and murder was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada on April 19, 2013.</p> <p>The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) brought the landmark case to Ottawa after a November 2011 ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal that its officers had violated the Police Services Act.</p> <p><a href="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/opp-takes-schaeffer-minty-case-ottawa/17204" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/opp-takes-schaeffer-minty-case-ottawa/17204#comments Andy Crosby Police/Prisons Douglas Minty Julian Falconer Julian Fantino Justice for Levi Levi Schaeffer Ontario Court of Appeal Ontario Ombudsman André Marin Ontario Police Association Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Ontario Superior Court ottawa Oversight Undermined Police Services Act Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Supreme Court of Canada Ottawa Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:13:32 +0000 acrosby 17204 at http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca