New poll finds ‘monumental shift’ in public perception of Toronto police because of G20 actions – thestar.comI might just have to revise my opinion of the Star again. This is clearly adding to the pressure for a public inquiry, although I’m not get…
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Politics and its Discontents: Chief Bill Blair: No Apology, No Resignation
Having released a self-serving 70 page report reviewing the G20 Summit debacle, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has concluded he has nothing to apologize for and will not consider resigning. As reported in today’s Star, despite a public opinion poll sh…
Continue readingThe Sean Salvati #G20 video: Abu Ghraib comes to Toronto
So apparently it takes three big strong police officers to manhandle one guy. Naked and handcuffed.Don’t know whether this is before or after they beat the shit out of him.And please, spare us the pathetically transparent bullshit about security. There…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Toronto G20 Use of Agent Provocateurs
This goes in the ‘no s7!t’ pile of obvious conclusions about what happened last year during the G20 conference in Toronto, but it’s still worth reporting to the general public that what went down last year was just plain wrong.
Once a…
Mistakes were made, Bill Blair says | #G20
So Bill Blair’s had some time to reflect on last summer’s G20 clusterfuck, and good and loyal servant he is, he’s graced us with a report. Among other things, he praises his officers for “facing danger and extreme provocation.”Indeed. Takes a special k…
Continue readingSo Toronto cops think they’re the #G20 whipping boys?
From … guess which piece of birdshit-catcher. The usual “police morale is low” bullshit. A sample:The situation has worsened with each new allegation of police brutality and little has been done to restore the faith in those sworn to serve and protec…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: With Powers Beyond Those of Mortal Men (And Women)
Loathsome worm that I am, I have spent the past year regularly criticizing the police for their mass suspension of our Charter rights during last June’s G20 Summit in Toronto. I saw them as a force gone wild, intoxicated by their own power, emboldened…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto G20: One thug down, many to go.
Toronto police officer charged in G20 assault – thestar.com
Many more officers guilty of assault causing bodily harm will remain at large and uncharged due to a system that fails ordinary citizens when trusted police officers break the law.
Politics and its Discontents: Finally, a G20 Police Arrest
There is little doubt in my mind that the relentless efforts of the Toronto Star played a major role in the arrest of Toronto police officer Glen Weddell in the G20 beating of Dorian Barton, the Toronto baker whose only crime was to take some pictures …
Continue readingDoes It Really Take Four Cops And Three Gunshots To Subdue a Homeless Man?
I really should’ve titled this post, Four cops turn busy Downtown intersection into the OK Corral. They deserve nothing less. However, I may just get myself arrested or sued for that these days the way things are going. You just never know.
Yesterday morning, cops found a 40 year old homeless man, Mario Hamel, near . . . → Read More: Does It Really Take Four Cops And Three Gunshots To Subdue a Homeless Man?
Continue reading@thekeenanwire and the police / government / society we deserve
Over at The Grid, Edward Keenan’s got a thoughtful and compelling piece about the police assault on Dorian Barton at last summer’s G20, and the shameful saga surrounding the SIU’s on-again, off-again attempts to investigate.
We all know how that song …
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The G20, The Toronto Police and The Art of Critical Thinking
For those who might wish to sharpen their critical thinking skills, I am providing a link to an article in today’s Star that provides a timeline of the investigation into Dorian Barton’s abuse at the hands of Toronto police during last June’s G20 Summi…
Continue readingMore allegations of police brutality at the G20: Gabriel Jacobs
More serving and protecting by the Toronto Police. (Yeah, right.)
Via CBC and the Star, news that Gabriel Jacobs is filing a human rights complaint over the way he was treated at the G20.
Let’s review the sordid allegations: Guy in a wheelchair. Drag…
Continue readingWhat Alison said (and deBeauxOs, and Dr. Dawg … )
And while we’re on the subject, the inimitable and indispensible Alison over at Creekside sums up the whole police-brutality, civilian-oversight thing as only she can.
Go read it now.
Update: And after that, check out this story from Ottawa from deB…
Continue readingknitnut.net: And yet another one
Cellphone snatched by police, man claims.
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Continue readingknitnut.net: More police brutality in Ottawa
I find this story quite disturbing. Bad enough that the police are beating up on women and drunks and people in custody, but kids too?
The 15-year-old kid, on the evening in question, was getting into a little trouble with some friends – throwing paintballs, lighting a newspaper on fire in a schoolyard. When a plainclothes […]
Continue readingOn CBC, a further demonstration of Toronto cops’ contempt for us
On Metro Morning today, Matt Galloway talked to police union boss Mike McCormack about the nameless asshole who broke Dorian Barton’s arm at the G20 last summer, and about the SIU’s investigation coming to a dead end.
Anyone want to guess where Mike m…
Continue readingToronto Police: Unaccountable, uncaring, unbelievable
The Star doesn’t always get it right, but this time it’s taken a centring pass in the slot and buried it in the top corner.
When the provincial Special Investigations Unit threw in the towel and said it couldn’t identify the brutal, cowardly slimeball…
Continue readingThis is a gift…
So, my loyal readers, I’m sure that you’ve all been keeping up to date on the activities. Well, the police went overboard (like I predicted) and brutalized SO many people. My girlfriend was part of the group that got boxed in on Queen and Spadina on Su…
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