No need to join a gym, I guess, when police have so many on-the-job-workout opportunities. Raymond Costain, afterwards. H/t trapdinawrpool Recommend this Post
Continue readingTag: police brutality
The Ranting Canadian: Inspired by news stories of the last week or so: What do the…
Inspired by news stories of the last week or so: What do the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the Vatican, the Canadian senate, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Conservative Party of Canada have in common? They are antiquated, dysfunctional, corrupt, racist, sexist, homophobic, elitist, perverted, deceitful, abusive,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Freedom of Press Under Attack in Montreal (VIDEO)
During the Quebec student protests against the tuition hikes, members of the press came under attack by the SPVM (Montreal Police). This video aims to raise the issue of press freedom in face of suppressive and brutal tactics by the SPVM to deny access of coverage to members of the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: SIU Versus Toronto Police: An Update
As noted the other day, there has been an ongoing jurisdictional battle in the case of alleged police brutality victim Tyrone Phillips. The complaint, filed by Phillips to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director, could not be investigated by the SIU because Toronto Police, citing provincial regulations, refused
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Toronto Police: Again and Again and Again ….
Albert Einstein famously defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By that standard, perhaps both the Toronto Police force and I are insane; I seem to periodically write essentially the same blog post about their misbehaviour, and they seem to keep practising
Continue readingknitnut.net: Justice vs. Verdict
I’ve been following the sex assault trial of Steve Desjourdy, the Ottawa police officer who cut off the t-shirt and bra of a young woman while she was pinned to the cell block floor by several other officers. This case made headlines a few years ago, and I blogged about
Continue readingArt Threat: Montreal-North stand up: part two – An interview with MC Emrical on the fourth anniversary of the death of Fredy Villanueva
While Chuck D’s famous phrase “Rap is CNN for black people,” has been quoted by countless ‘reality’ rappers, there are few artists who have embraced the concept as throughly as Emrical. The only difference is that in this case the Montreal-based emcee reports from the racially diverse low-income community of
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: NYPD brutalized Occupy Wall Street protesters and violated their rights: REPORT
I spend the last five hours digesting the contents of the report on the first systematic look the NYPD’s response to Occupy Wall Street protests. The report is the product of an eight-month investigation undertaken by law clinics at Fordham, Harvard, NYU and Stanford. Titled “Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "We Need Justice"
So says a young Hispanic boy in the following video, a followup of the police brutality in Anaheim I posted about yesterday: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Police Brutality In Anaheim
Can there be any justification for firing non-lethal weapons on unarmed people, including women and children? H/t Sandra Harris Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Excessive Force Or Standard Police Operating Procedure?
You decide. Recommend this Post
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of thousands all the way up to 500,000. The protest marked the 100th day of the Quebec student strike. Jeanne Reynolds
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of thousands all the way up to 500,000. The protest marked the 100th day of the Que…
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of thousands all the way up to 500,000. The protest marked the 100th day of the Quebec student strike. Jeanne Reynolds
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM. Stay classy.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM. Stay classy.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM. Stay classy.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. At about the 40 second point in the video, you can see the victim’s red
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. At about the 40 second point in the video, you can see the victim’s red
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. At about th…
Continue reading