Jonny Wakefield

Edmonton police have opted not to lay charges in the death of 13-year-old Eric Omeasoo, after prosecutors said the man who stabbed him acted in self-defence. His aunt is outraged. “No, he didn’t eff around and find out...He was never the aggressor." https://t.co/YNzfq2yQ2c

New from me, on an Edmonton sexual assault trial that one legal expert says "went off the rails." A judge repeatedly warned defence lawyers about running afoul of rape shield laws during an Edmonton sex assault trial. Their client was acquitted https://t.co/8IxNfjlUs6

NEWS: an Edmonton woman has been found not guilty of murdering her 85-year-old mother. The uncommon case in which the court’s doubt hinged, in part, on evidence someone else could have been the murderer https://t.co/L9U8NGJIqA

NEWS: End of Dale McFee era: Two veteran officers named interim Edmonton police chiefs. One of the chiefs, Warren Driechel, confronted his involvement in EPS's steroid scandal. “I have agonized over this every day of my career since that happened." https://t.co/fx7bujxrDN

RT @TrevorRobb_: On Wednesday, Auditor General Doug Wylie’s office confirmed that the notice of the investigation was served to the parties…

New from me: Edmonton police chief finds officer who cracked man's skull may have used excessive force, but opts not to hold hearing https://t.co/ug0dXVR5Dx

News: an Edmonton police sergeant has been demoted for making sexualized comments about three gay men under his command, including “joking” they couldn’t work together because they might have sex. https://t.co/EYpB9JLQGC

News: Edmonton's police chief has asked public safety minister Mike Ellis to investigate how #yegcc appoints police commissioners after the city added two police critics to the board. All of Ellis's picks for the commission have been direct appointments. https://t.co/iPmVBpWYaA

New from me: Councillors say they support — but can't order — larger police presence on Edmonton transit amid violence, drug use complaints https://t.co/w3RCIQ51Rq

.@laurby asked Edmonton’s outgoing police chief (what I believe are entirely fair) Qs about his unprecedented move to ask the province to intervene on 2 council appointments to the @YEG_Commission. He really didn’t like the questions. Video in link. https://t.co/KgsJz07mtZ

New from me: A legal agent charged in an investigation that turned up tens of thousands of dollars in an Edmonton police officer’s locker has launched an appeal in a separate case, claiming officers harassed her with frivolous tickets. https://t.co/GEQGYV5PFL

New from me: a top player in what is currently Alberta (and likely Canada's) largest ever fentanyl lab case has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Accused bought huge quantities of precursor chemicals from China. https://t.co/rARItud1GN

News: a former Alberta teacher has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for grooming/kissing a teenage student nearly 25 years ago. It's his second conviction for sexually abusing a student. https://t.co/urDM68UyW7

News: two more teens who participated in a deadly five-on-one attack outside an Edmonton high school have been convicted of manslaughter https://t.co/LFzJo3jE0B

ICYMI: a hearing is taking place today to determine whether GraceLife — the Edmonton-area church at the centre of one of Alberta's most bitter COVID fights — can undergo a major expansion. https://t.co/KKSqBtGScS

News: a judge has approved a class action for Indigenous students integrated into an Alberta school in the 60s & 70s. “All the same things that they would have experienced in residential school, plus the endemic discrimination from the all-white school.” https://t.co/hWXnOJYVRt

Thorough scoop here from the great @laurby: "Top brass at the Edmonton Police Service want Alberta’s government to disqualify two people selected to oversee its actions in large part because of their public criticism or comments around policing issues." https://t.co/oPfzz1ExzL