Brother of man shot dead by police deported
Criminal charges of impaired driving against Edward Divers, a brother of a man shot and killed by Hamilton police in 2016, have been withdrawn because he has been deported.
Edward Divers, 51, was set to appear in a Hamilton courtroom Friday, but when his case came up, assistant Crown attorney D’Arcy Wilson withdrew the charges — one count of operating a vehicle while impaired, one of having over 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood while operating a motor vehicle, and a third of f ailing to appear for prints at a police station.
Wilson gave no details of the reason for the deportation or when it occurred. He said immigration officials only told the Crown’s office that Divers had been deported.
The Canada Border Services Agency, which is responsible for deportations, wasn’t able to respond to Spectator questions by deadline.
Police arrested Divers in January right after he and his sister Yvonne Alexander addressed a police board meeting and expressed deep anger with police at what they said was a lack of answers in their brother Anthony (Tony) Divers’ death.
Edward Divers was arrested on an outstanding warrant while leaving City Hall, where the police board meeting was held.
Anthony Divers, 36, was shot dead on James Street South around midnight Sept. 30, 2016. The officer had responded to a report that he’d assaulted someone and may have been armed.
The Special Investigations Unit cleared the officer concluding that although Divers was not armed, the officer “reasonably believed that his life was in danger … and his actions in firing … was justified.”