The police take seriously the duty to honour their brethren who fall in the line of duty. The Toronto police failed to do so for Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup by their conduct at the trial of Umar Zameer, who was <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;acquitted&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/closing-arguments-expected-today-in-trial-of-man-accused-of-running-over-toronto-cop&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/closing-arguments-expected-today-in-trial-of-man-accused-of-running-over-toronto-cop" target="_blank">acquitted</a> of first-degree murder charges on Sunday.

Zameer had returned to his car late on Canada Day 2021 in the Toronto City Hall parking garage. He was accompanied by his pregnant wife and two-year-old son. Northrup and his fellow officer, Lisa Forbes, approached the car and started yelling and banging on the hood.

That Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup died while on duty was tragic. Allegedly false testimony about how that happened made it worse{ai:summary}<p>Toronto police dishonour fallen detective by their conduct at trial of acquitted murder suspect. Incident involving officer Northrup and Zameer's car on Canada Day led to tragic outcome. #crime</p>

Raymond J. de Souza: Fallen police officer's colleagues dishonoured him with apparent falsehoods

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