Still don’t believe the police ever abuse their powers?

Ont. judge slams Ottawa police strip search

[Justice Richard] Lajoie ruled that while the accused had been drinking when she was arrested, there was “no evidence that Ms Bonds was a threat to herself or anyone else” and so there was no grounds to detain her.

Bonds’s detention and subsequent strip-search was a “clear violation” of her rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Lajoie ruled.

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Lajoie said the video shows Bonds — who is “not being one hundred per cent compliant” — receive “two extremely violent knee hits in the back.”

Bonds is then forced to the ground, where a police officer cuts off her shirt and bra with scissors “with the assistance of at least three male officers,” Lajoie said.

There was “no reasonable explanation” for the strip-search, Lajoie said. “It is more than evident that the search at 474 Elgin [Street] was an extremely serious breach of Ms. Bonds’ rights.”

Where is the outrage? Come on, everyone!

Of course there’s an internal police investigation going on now, but who is that really accountable to? Does anyone still not think there needs to be some oversight that is independent of the police force? To protect both the public as well as the honourably serving police officers that don’t do this kind of stuff but end up getting painted with the same brush anyway.

UPDATE: And here’s the video.