Related“In the circumstances, the police decided that a DNA canvass of local migrant workers would be an important investigative tool. The OPP have been cleared of racist investigation tactics for collecting DNA samples from black migrant workers following the brutal rape of a woman near Vienna. Also, the message sent to the migrant worker community attacked their “vulnerability, lack of security and fairness.”The director also had concerns about whether the consents to provide DNA samples were truly voluntary. “I am satisfied that the OPP investigation was not motivated by racial prejudice, as alleged in the complaint to the OIPRD,” wrote director Gerry McNeilly. The Office of the Independent Police Review Director released its report this morning following almost three years of investigation into case.

Source: National Post July 12, 2016 15:33 UTC