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Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | 2:41 PMTORONTO (AP) — A Toronto police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a young man wielding a knife in an empty streetcar has been granted bail. The shooting last month was caught on video and posted on YouTube, leading to an outcry in Canada’s largest city. The video shows 18-year-old Sammy Yatim holding a knife inside the streetcar, with police outside. Yatim goads the officers, who yell, “Drop your knife!” Shortly after, nine shots are fired. A Taser is then used. Yatim died from multiple gunshot wounds. Ontario’s police watchdog charged Constable James Forcillo on Monday with second degree murder. He’ll be freed Tuesday on $510,000 bail. A judge imposed a publication ban on the preliminary hearings.
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