OPP probe into Faqiri death is a whitewash and a coverup

Re Family laments lack of charges in jail death, Aug. 6

The most shameful and depressing aspect of the case of Soleiman Faqiri is that his family immigrated to Canada on the assumption they were joining a society governed by principles of decency, compassion and justice. But its treatment of Faqiri demonstrates it is none of those things.

The latest investigation by the OPP is a whitewash and a coverup, and its rationale for not recommending charges is legally ludicrous. I cannot help wondering whether, if Faqiri had not been a brown person and an immigrant, he would have been so brutally treated: beaten to death.

The province should institute a formal inquiry but instead remains silent. Shame on us all.

Steven Spencer, Pickering