Chris Selley: A victory for a citizen's right to reasonable self-defence arrives for Umar Zameer

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Chris Selley: A victory for a citizen's right to reasonable self-defence arrives for Umar Zameer

On Canada Day 2021, having had their fill of festivities (such as they were) in downtown Toronto, the Zameer family — father Umar and eight-months-pregnant wife Aaida, recent immigrants from Malaysia, plus their two-year-old son — loaded up the family BMW in the parking garage beneath City Hall and planned to make for home in Woodbridge. Two men rushed the car, banging on the windows and demanding they halt. A minivan drove in and blocked their …