A fundraiser meant to help Umar Zameer’s family pay their debts following a three-year prosecution has amassed more than $200,000 in donations in the two days since the Brampton accountant was acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto police officer.
A fundraiser meant to help Umar Zameer’s family pay their debts following a three-year prosecution has amassed nearly $150,000 in donations in the two days since the Brampton accountant was acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto police officer.
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A noteably different version of events than what was first described by police and politicians came into focus over the course of Umar Zameer’s five-week murder trial in Toronto, culminating in a rare move by the presiding judge.
Justice demands considering the facts, the motivations, the truth. That s what trials are for, and in this trial, a jury determined that this was tragedy, not crime. It is no