Subhead:Falguni Debnath serves as general counsel and chief's counsel for the Toronto Police Service, and according to Mayor Olivia Chow, she might be the reason more hate crime charges haven't been laid during weekly antisemitic protests in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood in the city.# YouTube-embed:Z4ZWUIZShEg Once upon a decade, there was a somewhat cheesy TV game show called To Tell the Truth . As the title implies, the celebrity panel and the audience at home had to figure out which lone contestant was being sincere, and which other contestants were lying through their teeth. Welcome to the 2025 version of To Tell the Truth , Toronto style. You see, our friend Joe Warmington recently had a scoop in the pages of the Toronto Sun. In fact, thanks to Joe, it looks like we have some answers regarding why the Toronto Police Service continues to turn a blind eye to antisemitism. And it’s shocking stuff. Warmington reported that Mayor Olivia Chow said that Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw told her that the police have their hands tied when it comes to charging pro-Hamas thugs with antisemitism. Now, why would that be? Well, Mayor Chow said that according to the chief, a “lawyer at headquarters” said to him “don’t bother” laying hate charges against the pro-Hamas reprobates because it will be hard to get a conviction in court. Wow. Can you imagine what policing would be like if this was standard procedure for all crimes? Imagine if cops always had to second guess themselves before laying charges? Imagine if cops had to ponder whether a criminal charge would stand up in court? We thought the cops were supposed to lay charges when they see criminal acts taking place and then let the courts figure out if the accused is guilty or not guilty. And if the system didn’t work that way, then really, what’s the use of having a police force in the first place? Ah, but here’s where things get very interesting. You see, Chief Demkiw says he never said such a thing to Mayor Chow.