Francique family calling for investigation into his shooting death be reopened after police officer cleared
by News Staff
Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 9:52 pm EDT
A Peel Regional Police vehicle in an undated file photo (TWITTER/@PeelPolice)
Three months after the province’s police watchdog cleared a Peel police officer in the shooting death of 28-year-old Jamal Francique in Mississauga last year, counsel for his family has released a comprehensive legal inquiry interim report addressing his killing.
Lawyer for Francique’s family, Knia Singh, claims criminal negligence causing death was committed.
Singh says the comprehensive legal inquiry is the first of its kind, “it is a response to the SIU report, and a call on behalf of many affected communities and members of police violence for a reopening of this investigation.”