Toronto Police Chief Says He Accepts Not Guilty Verdict in Zameer Trial

Toronto Police Chief Says He Accepts Not Guilty Verdict in Zameer Trial
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw speaks to media in Toronto on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Demkiw says he accepts the verdict of the jury that found a man accused of fatally running over a city police officer not guilty in his death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Jennifer Cowan
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Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw says he accepts the jury’s decision to acquit Umar Zameer of the 2021 death of Detective-Constable Jeffrey Northrup, two days after publicly expressing he had been “hoping for a different outcome.”
The seeming change in position comes after his April 21 comments were criticized by the public with many taking to social media to call for him to resign or be fired.