G20 officer found not guilty

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A verdict typically marks the definitive end to most legal proceedings.

But the acquittal Friday morning of a Toronto police officer on charges of assault may be just the beginning.

Constable Glenn Weddell was found not guilty of using excessive force against a by-stander while he was watching a police action near Queen’s Park nearly three years ago at the g-20 summit. But, as Scot Urquhart tells us, an acquittal may open the door to a serious rift between the people of Toronto and their police service.