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Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart | Globalnews.ca

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Suzanne Narain and two others were arrested in November 2023 in a nighttime raid on her Toronto home.

Charges against the Indigo 11 were withdrawn on Thursday in a packed courtroom.

The group faced charges of mischief, conspiracy and criminal harassment in relation to the Nov. 10, 2023 , vandalism of an Indigo bookstore.

The incident became a flashpoint for local tensions amid the Israel -Hamas conflict, as the line between hate crime and protest became harder to define.

Two of the accused entered guilty pleas in court on Thursday .

Charges were withdrawn against two of the 11 people charged in the vandalism of Toronto 's Indigo store.

Police found a chat thread on the messaging app Signal , in which several of the activists discussed committing the vandalism.

Lawyers say police had a duty to disclose prior warrant restrictions.

The bookstore defacement should never have been considered a crime, Khan says.

Toronto police say vandalism and intimidation are not protected forms of expression.

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