The Strange Universe of Police Procedurals: Blue Bloods and R v Waterfield
Let’s say that you are a police officer trying to do your due diligence by supervising a civil rights protest and making sure it stays peaceful. Suddenly a mother and her son approach you to ask a question and, at the same time, between the throngs of unhappy citizens you see a cyclist. It clicks, you do the math, you see the trajectory and you realize, with horror, that the cyclist is on a collision course with the helpless family in front of you. What would you do?
Ancillary Powers Doctrine and the Fleming Case
In May 2019, Randolph Fleming was arrested by the police on his way to join a protest. The protest concerned a piece of land, which was occupied by the First Nation of Six Nations of the Grand River but owned by the Crown. Many protests had occurred between the two sides over the years and many ended up escalating to violence so the police wanted to prevent that from happening.
