Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
3 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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63/100
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A coroner’s inquest into the death of a Toronto woman who fell from a 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home was put on hold indefinitely Thursday just as it reached the final stretch of the proceedings.
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it → fall → proceedings
“I know everyone has been working extremely hard during this inquest.
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everyone → know → inquest
Unfortunately, I will be adjourning the inquest until further notice,” said Dr. David Cameron, the coroner presiding over the inquest into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet.
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Cameron → adjourn → Paquet
“The reason for this is that we have some quite unanticipated investigation that needs to be done before we can continue.”
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we → have → investigation
The coroner gave no details on the nature or focus of the investigation but said jurors and the public would be informed when the inquest was ready to resume.
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inquest → give → investigation
The inquest finished hearing evidence on Wednesday and was set to reconvene Thursday afternoon so that lawyers for about a dozen parties could make their closing remarks and suggest recommendations to the jury.
Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old woman of Afro-Indigenous and Ukrainian descent, died on May 27, 2020 after police were called to the west-end apartment she shared with relatives.
The inquest was temporarily thrown off course after her mother, Claudette Beals, made a new allegation against police, who were cleared of wrongdoing by a watchdog agency.
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who → hear → agency
Beals alleged officers pushed her daughter toward the balcony, causing the inquest to go on an extended break so that lawyers could figure out a way forward.
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lawyers → allege → way
Two officers who were in the apartment had previously testified that Korchinski-Paquet was allowed into the apartment to use the bathroom, then introduced to a paramedic.
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Paquet → testify → paramedic
Korchinski-Paquet moved quickly to the balcony, knocking over an air conditioning unit in the process, they said.
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they → move → process
The Special Investigations Unit, one of Ontario’s police watchdog organizations, found she died while trying to move from her apartment’s balcony to the one next door.
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she → find → one
The SIU did not participate in the inquest, and its investigation is outside the scope of the proceedings.
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investigation → participate → proceedings
Jurors in coroner’s inquests do not assign blame or legal responsibility, but they may make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths in the future.
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they → assign → future
The inquest has focused largely on Korchinski-Paquet’s history of seizures from epilepsy as well as education and training around epilepsy and postictal delirium or psychosis, mental states that can occur after seizures and lead to uncharacteristic behaviour.
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that → focus → behaviour
Korchinski-Paquet had experienced two seizures earlier in the day, hours before police were called over a fight involving knives.
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police → experience → knives
Korchinski-Paquet, her mother and her brother each called 911 and mentioned her diagnosis and seizures to the call taker, jurors heard.
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jurors → call → taker
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