Coroner
Sundays 9:00 PM on The CWCoroner Season 1 Quotes
Rory Durham: Dr. Cooper, this is outrageous.
Jenny: Well, we can't proceed until I'm satisfied with all the facts that I'm presented with.
Rory: Thes officers have ben through an SIU inquiry, they're on desk duty. They need this resolved. You're the Coroner, not the Pope.
Jenny: Well, I didn't know that job was avaliable.
Ms. Abanda: I would though like to discuss my brother's trumpet next. It was our father's. It was almost as old as Kofi. He played it every day, for hours. It was precious to him And because of this, I'm completely certain he would never have endangered it, let alone used it as a weapon.
Rory Durham: I'm happy to note Ms. Abanda's opinion and move on, Madam Coroner.
Jenny: Ms. Abanda, I want you to speak for your brother, Kofi, today. But fr us to d that, your questions can't show any bias.
Ms. Abanda: Well, Madam Coroner, the only bias in this court is the systemic targeting of Black and Indigenous people.
Jenny: I don't disagree. I support any and all discussions on the inbalances in our system when it comes time for recommendations. But today is about the facts in this case.
Ms. Abanda: FACT: Kofi fell in with stupid people when he was young. AND FACT: He had a problem with drugs. FACT: He pulled himself up, and out, to become a good, honest man. Yet still, he dies needlessly at the hands' of police. FACT.
Kim: Detective Kim Taylor, Toronto Homicide Division. Aside from my duties as an investigator, I also teach Use-of-Force Training at the academy.
Leigh Mark: Could you please describe this for our jury?
Kim: Certainly. It's the process of learning when and where lethal force may be applied. Regulation 926. Subsection 9 of the Police Services Act states that a member of the police force shall not draw, point, or discharge their firearm, unless he or she believes, on reasonable grounds, that to do so is necessary to protect against loss of life or bodily harm.
Leigh Marks: And would that apply in this case?
Kim: Unfortunately, yes. In the event of an EDP, emotionally disturbed person, they're not always able to comply, which leads to escalation if officers are confronted with violence.
Jenny: And in this Use-of-Force Training, are Officers taught to de-escalate?
Kim: Of curse, it's part of the training, but it's not always practical in the field.
Jenny: In your opinion, could this incident have seen a different outcome.
Kim: Having reviewed the evidence and the statements from the officers involved, a different outcome was very unlikely.
Alison: It's normal to be nervous,
Jenny: No, I'm not ... I'm not nervous.
Alison: Sure you are. Nobody likes their first inquest. It's a huge responsibility. You're basically saying, these people died, and I'll make it nevr happen again.
Jenny: Liam is a good guy and I was lonely.
Ross: Dad is dead! You are supposed to be lonely!
Jenny: Let's not take our grief out on each other, okay? I'm sorry.
Muna: I never understood why you left your ER doctor job. A job healing people.
Jenny: I did it so that Ross and I could have a more balanced life.
Muna: If today proved anything, it's that your life is more unbalanced than ever. And so are you.
Jenny: I'm sorry, what?
Muna: You have a very unhealthy fascination with death. And the worst part is ...
Jenny: Oh, wow.
Muna: I think you like it. First your sister, then my David. All these people, these bodies, that man in your well. It would break David's heart, all of this ...
Jenny: Muna, David is dead, okay?! His heart is the least of his problems. Do you ...?
Ross: We can hear you yelling.
Jenny: Oh shit. Um. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. That was, that was a horrible, it was a horrible thing to say.
Ross: Look, I think that we're all just a little bit hangry right now. Maybe we could just go eat?
Okay, one. Only one. That's how many bodies it took to mess me up. The first time that I shot someone it took away a part of me. I'm trying to get that part back.
Liam
McAvoy: Tell me what you know about Gerald Henry Jones?
Greer: Bay Street Banker. Went for a jog by Tent City. Claims a homeless man, Floyd Shipman, tried to rob him. Jones stabbed him 26 times with a pair of scissors he had in his running pack.
McAvoy: You don't buy his story?
Greer: Even kids know not to run with scissors. I think that he was a rich white man who felt entitled to take the life of a man who didn't count.
Liam: There's a dead body in your well.
Jenny: Yeah, looks like.
Liam: I have, uh, hip waders if you wanna take a better look.
Jenny: Yeah. That's a great idea.
Liam: You're going in the murder well?
Jenny: Nobody said anything about murder.
Liam: I don't like to be surprised in my home, even though I'm a "smoke show." That's okay, I've been called worse. Like, um ... "handyman."
Jenny: Okay, look, I just, I, I didn't know what to say. And calling you my boyfriend doesn't feel right, does it?
Liam: I don't know. What do you want us to be?
Jenny: I don't know. I guess I just, with everything else in my life being so complicated, I liked that we were ...
Liam: Easy?
Ross: I don't wanna, like jump the gun, but I'm kind of a carpenter now.
Gordon Cooper: Well, I'll tell you what. Since the last time I saw you, you're a new man.
Ross: Well, I mean, it's not surgery like dad or what mom does, but ...
Gordon Cooper: You're finding your own way.
Ross: I like working with my hands, you know?
Gordon Cooper: And the calluses on your hands, they look good on you.
Ross: Yeah, they kind of hurt though.
