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Matthew Taub: Toronto has lost confidence in its police leadership

Hank Idsinga’s bombshell claims of antisemitism and leadership failure in Toronto Police demand action

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When someone who spent decades inside a police service starts raising concerns publicly, people pay attention. Former Toronto police homicide inspector Hank Idsinga has done exactly that, and what he has alleged should concern every resident of this city.

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Idsinga has stated publicly that antisemitism exists within the senior ranks of the Toronto Police Service, describing incidents in which officers used antisemitic language toward Jewish colleagues and community members. He has also pointed to anti-Black racism within policing culture and described broader dysfunction at senior levels. More troubling still, he suggested that those same senior figures were involved in decision-making around policing protests that affected Jewish communities, raising serious questions about whether bias may have influenced operational responses.

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If true, that is not a perception problem. It is a leadership problem. And the reaction has been telling. Calls for investigation are growing. When those who know the system best are raising alarms, and the system answers with silence, the problem is no longer isolated. It is leadership. But here is the........

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