“It’s just a mess of a case,” said Chris Woof, a property manager and part-time hip-hop musician from east-end Ottawa. Woof told CBC News last year the money was from his contracting business, where he often deals in cash. I mean, it leaves you on edge.”At least six people, including one police officer , have died in no-knock raids in Canada in the last 15 years. Last year, following a CBC Fifth Estate investigation, Ottawa’s then-chief temporarily banned most no-knock raids , with allowances in extenuating circumstances, while the force conducted a review. That moratorium is still in place, but a police spokesperson said they couldn’t immediately say how significantly it’s reduced the number of no-knock raids officers are doing.

Source: CBC News July 22, 2022 02:57 UTC