Peel police were called to Edward Lake’s Brampton address on June 19 — Father’s Day — to “investigate an altercation at the home,” spokesperson Const. Sarah Patten confirmed in an email to the Star.
The tragedy garnered nationwide media attention and Muzzo’s sentence was at the time the longest ever imposed for a first-time offender in a drunk driving case. Nonetheless, officers were made aware of Lake’s history and previous interactions with police, Patten said.
Damn cops
Canada ex-pm Stephen Harper controls the Construction, Renovation and Builders, industries in Canada. The Muzzo builders business is associated to Stephen Harper firm Harper & Associates. So Stephen Harper is protecting his interest in the Muzzo business
EDWARD LAKE, DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. HE WAS MEDICAL POISONED BY THE HOSPITAL THAT THE PEEL POLICE TAKE HIM TOO.EDWARD LAKE STAGE SUICIDE DEATH, IS A PROMOTION FOR THE MUZZO FAMILY HOSPITAL DONATION. STEPHEN HARPER AND HIS FIRM HARPER & ASSOCIATES MASTERMINDS BEHIND THIS STUNT
Still no training for police officers who get called to a crisis situation?
It would’ve been nice to have read this article but unfortunately I don’t have the money to unlock it or buy a subscription. ODSPoverty
So he was arrested and tasered on Father's Day after losing all his kids to a drunk driver?
AmitAryaMD I'm with Greta. We should all stop flying. It's the worst thing for the planet, the airlines don't deserve to survive, they have become toxic to our quality of life, and we need to put our energies into other areas. StopFlying
So very sorry for his pain and suffering….did no one see his pain…very sad
This is tabloid journalism . You should be ashamed. This family has been through hell and you just made it worse. Shame on you
So tragic😭😭
again police being police (good job boys)
The Toronto Star has no respect or decency …. the need to report on this is utterly disgusting !!
In the absence of information about what happened, how does this add substantially to anything? Of all the stories that you could publish, how is choosing to run this anything other than click bait.
That's some sick business even for Peel Pigs.
How people can live after such of tragedy.
And the criminal who did this is walking free. moneytalks
Stop glorifying the drunk drivers name!!!
Muzzo pos
Our police and justice system are broken. This man is dead and Muzzo will be free to move on in a few short years.
Hey Toronto star …. STOP WITH BASHING THE FATHER OF 4 DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS, DEAD AT THE HANDS OF A COWARD DRUNK DRIVER … MARCO.. They’d have to use a taser on me the moment I found out that my family was wiped out
Sadly, this is not shocking. The police are well known for abusing people who are going through a mental health crisis. He was treated more poorly than the actual murderer was
Our police need to only carry batons from now on
Meanwhile, the drunk entitled rich kid Marco Muzzo has been free on parole since 02/21. June 18 and Father's Day was just too much for him to bear. 😭
Is the Muzzo family trying to harm this man's reputation to take the heat off their son?
Imagine police showing up at your home, just to charge you with assault. Like...get the fuck out my home bitch and you won't get assaulted.
For those saying that the nature of the death shouldn’t be brought up at this time, I counter that we should be talking especially about how he was failed at an institutional level which likely pushed him to the point of su*cide. Don’t let it be swept under the rug
I have had my share of Peel Police harming me on mental health calls where I was not a threat. Lucky to not have been killed by them, stopped calling crisis lines in fear of Police hurting me. They already proved you don't need Police for MH calls yet they still send them.
Further proof that police shouldn’t be responding to mental health calls
Tortured soul. So horrificly sad. All because of one person’s drunken state
This is a terrible headline. Especially when the rest of the story is inaccessible
Do we think the Muzzo family even gave half a thought to this? I suspect not. Not even a quarter of a thought
The killer’s name front and centre in a story about the father of the murdered children. Wow, well done
Wait for facts. His wife thanked police at the time When at that stage, the goal is to prevent harm to themselves at that moment. It is clear he wanted to hurt himself. My conclusion is that this intervention did not prevent what was to come , only prevented the harm at moment
I hate this society.
Peel Region has a mental health response team that should have avoided the taser. What happened? Very disappointed in their handling of this.
Why do you feel the need to report this?
So Father’s Day 😔😔😔
What a terrible life, i hope something good happens to that family soon. Theyve just been hit with horror after horror for the past 7 years. I dont know if i would have the strength to go on in that situation
Corporate news! What is their agenda and who is paying for this nonsense. I'm disgusted.
Canadians are loosing Doctors, Nurses, Specialist, Conservatives are lowering our standard of Living, third party workers will leave us broke, Cons., are not working with Canadians they are definitely against us give them no power
His beautiful children were killed by the drank driver but he is killed by the Justice system the Justice system in Canada stands for criminals instead of for victims
This is wrong, this soul needed help Canadians, more social workers, more Humanitarian help, we can’t go on killing souls whose hearts are broken, we can only grow if we can walk in another man’s shoes, our country has the ability to change world, every soul counts, reach out
I believe that all kinds of insanity are human when you lose kids. I don't think he needed to be tasered and I would have taken a beating to cuff him without excessive force. Im not impressed with the police and I think they pushed him over the limit.
Where was he taken to hospital? Here?
No one cares. Leave these people alone.
What an awful store. My condolences to all involved.
Police's motto appears to be: The beatings will continue until the mental health improves.
This is devastating. There's so much pain here, and so many places this family has been failed. This is a conversation that's bigger and more important than hot takes on Twitter. Father's Day.
TorontoPolice to the authorities folks with mental health are just a number. I say this with pain as I have experienced suicide loss . A proper assessment is needed at such calls. How unfortunate that such harsh measures were inflicted on someone already in so much pain 😓
Insult to injury to insult to injury to insult.
So nobody here knows why police were called, other than an “altercation”, yet people opine that Police response was inappropriate, that having to use a taser was inappropriate. He was charged, taken to hospital, and a day later was found dead. Police had no involvement in that.
Too bad no one tased the drunk before he got behind the wheel and destroyed this family
How is it helping now. The cops taser him because their not trained to talk him down. He lost his children ,his father of course he’s upset and the cops taser the guy that’s suffering.
Let him rest.
Stop victimizing this family over and over again. They have been through enough. If you want to drag someone through the mud the Muzzo family would be a good place to start.
Canadian Justice is laughable! murderermuzzo lives free thanks to the Canadian buys everything
Steroids in Uniforms
So very sad. Rest in peace your broken heart.
Was this report necessary? Who needed to know this? Couldn’t even give them the grace of not writing about this?!
There has to be a better way of dealing with deeply wounded people. This is a tragedy.
Defund and abolish.
normsworld Why are you retweeting this Norm? Let him RIP. let Jennifer be. This story being published will only bring her more pain
Of course…..guy loses entire family and the police add insult and salt to the wounds - Canada becoming a disgusting place where criminals are treated better than victims
The day before was Father's Day. You missed that.
ACAB
NotWatsonClub1 My heart hurts hard 💔
I hope Marco Muzzo never has a day of rest for the remainder of his life. The repercussions and devastating ripple effect of his selfish decision to drive drunk, thus decimating an entire family, should weigh heavily on him ad infinitum. I doubt he gives them a second thought
Are you fucking kidding me?! That man was in intense grief and suicidal. Why wasn’t he put on suicide watch at the hospital?
ACAB!
Defund the police !! Disgraceful.
normsworld Why are we talking about this? Let him rest in peace. He doesn’t need this to be what we learn of his death!
Lefty_Mind Not just time to defund....it's time to abolish these pricks!
peggy_blair This makes me sick. That couple have been through hell and we’re still going through it missing their three little ones and her Dad. Tased? What physician saw him and made the decision he was fit to go home. Poor Jen….so much heartaches and grief and now even more.
Speechless...
Tried to read the article. Why were police there to begin with.
normsworld Another example of a broken mental health care system. Did no one at the hospital realize the trauma this man experienced? Did no one think to at least keep him overnight? The mentally vulnerable are often not admitted for care in Ont hospitals and sadly this is the result!
Having. A. Mental. Health. Crisis. Is. Not. A. Crime. Fund mobile mental health crisis units. Defund police.
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This is even further proof that policing needs serious reform and mental health professionals must work with police.
Toronto Star, I use as toilet paper is the gift that keeps on giving 💩Torture the Neviloe-Lake family more. Disgusting paper, reporting. 👎🤡
Say the Father’s name for God sake! He does have one you know! Show some respect.
There must be Mentalhealth counsellors like myself deployed along side 911. Police force is never the answer. His suicide might have been preventable had the proper protocols were in place. Of course, his sadness of the death of his kids is unspeakable.
defund now Maybe they were encouraged by the drunk to rough him up
Only the Toronto star would continue to put this woman through this awful ordeal but hey they need to sell papers right?! Well, actually they are bought and paid for by the government, so they don’t even need to sell papers, that makes this just plain disgusting.
multi generational trauma inflicted on family by a trust fund frat boy. more news at 11.
Not an appropriate time to call a 'Mobile Crisis health unit'?! When exactly would be On Father's Day! FFS. defundthepolice
lindahaslett Mike/Marco Muzzo let’s make sure everyone knows his name.
lindahaslett OMG
CAN SOMEONE SCREENSHOT THE ARTICLE!? Paywall ass bs Toronto Star
Police alternatives now. We should dismantle the police bit by bit. Traffic wardens instead of cops, paramedics for drug issues instead of cops, social workers for domestic disputes instead of cops.
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Typical police compassion on display.
Maybe the Star needs to learn that not everything needs to be everyone's business? Hasn't this woman been through enough than to drag this stuff out? Sounds like maybe he was having a mental crises. And without more info, this story only leads to speculation.
acab
WTF
Defund. A non-police response here could have produced a different outcome.
I'm sorry, WHAT? I know PeelPolice are cruel thugs but this is horrifying even by their standards.
What the