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Fine, gentlemen, but as it appears it's only ourselves having this ""discussion"", allow me to submit this for your inspection, as sent by Turner May 19 to all media, the TPS and its Board (blocked by the latter two) and yes,  Fantino himself, in response to the latest headlines. If you ever change your minds...

Original to Leo Kinahan, counsel for Sgt. Jim Cassells

Mr. Kinahan:

Having discovered how sensitive you are about your e-mail address, note that I have included you as a BCC to protect your privacy. As I have been battling with the media ever since my saga began, I am only including them, at this time, in the hope that - considering the recent brave actions of your client and the resultant headlines which have followed - they may, finally, be forced to recognize my plight and resultant complaint since it all began.

As briefly as I can describe it, I was set up by 55 Division in November of ' 98 with a manufactured charge of Criminal Harassment as a favour to their local coffee hangout in my then-neighbourhood, to obviate potential civil litigation I had against it and the parent chain, Second Cup Ltd..Come trial the following year and representing myself, I went to court with 39 witnesses, several exculpatory documents and more. 

As a result of my actions and an airtight defence, the ""complainant"" - who had been sexually servicing at least one 55 cop (John Maciek) - and two of my defence witnesses associated with the coffee franchise were paid to, respectively, take and avoid the stand.

When this was articulated by myself, the original two arresting officers, Paul Scudds (immediately afterwards appointed by Fantino to Internal Affairs, itself) and Sheila Richardson, attempted to smash through my door without cause or warrant, causing me to secure counsel, ostensibly for my own protection, in the person of Lorne Honickman.

Where I lose all of the media, in their zeal to protect one of their peers, is the fact that Honickman took a bribe from Second Cup CEO  Michael  Bregman to throw the trial and protect their ""good name"", which resulted in his: excluding every one of my witnesses; ordering transcripts to be altered by a Ministry of the A.G. court reporter - who then bailed on both her employer and her apartment and went into hiding, along with her sister/fellow A.G. employee, who resided elsewhere; refusing to admit documents and evidence to prove my innocence and more.

After dismissing Honickman - but still having to return to court to continue the trial - I received a phone call, at home, on Friday, January 7, 2000, from 55's John Graham, informing me that I would not make it to College Park alive with the evidence of all that I put before you now.

Thirty-six hours later, just after 10:00 a.m. on January 9, the threat was made good when a dozen cops from the division assembled themselves outside my door - armed with billy clubs, black leather ""beater"" gloves and cell phones - with the stated intention (taped phone messages retrieved after my too-narrow escape) of killing me.

Since then, I have run the entire gamut of the complaint system, including three cops I was publicly handed to by Fantino at his precious ""Town Hall"" meetings: Stu Eley, Wayne Cotgreave and Mike Trimble ( stu.eley@torontopolice.on.ca, wayne.cotgreave@torontopolice.on.ca,  mike.trimble@torontopolice.on.ca).

Prior to - and after - this, upon my own initiative, were Bryce Evans (bryce.evans@torontopolice.on.ca), Dave Mcleod (dave.mcleod@torontopolice.on.ca) and Steven Pipe (steven.pipe@torontopolice.on.ca); all of whom have had the displeasure - or more, the sadistic pleasure - of dealing with/blowing me off - and who disappeared behind voice mail forever after, as did the others, plus every one of the usual suspects in Pro Standards ( jane.wilcox@torontopolice.on.ca, john.knaap@torontopolice.on.ca,  rick.gauthier@torontopolice.on.ca)  that I was referred to and others, including Scott Gilbert of 55 Division     (scott.gilbert@torontopolice.on.ca), whom I was forced to cooperate with by the OCCOPS and provided a gruelling, eight hour video taped statement, only to have same outright ignored - and my complaint dismissed - by the latter.

During your client's original investigation, I actually contacted  RCMP Supt. John Neily and asked him to include my situation in the mix, as Fantino was bleating about rooting out ""perjury and corruption"" (I was subject to both during my trial) and we cooperatively communicated for eighteen months, only to have - come the moment of truth -  Neily regretfully inform me that he'd been ordered to drop my case.

Now, if you'll allow me to quote from the most recent media reports... 

""Yesterday, at the regular monthly meeting of the Police Services Board, Blair and board chair Alok Muk