When Is A Police Quota System Not A Quota System?
Apparently, when it is a ‘performance standard.’ Recommend this Post
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Why The Star Is The Real ‘Newspaper Of Record’
Those who regularly read The Toronto Star will hardly be surprised to learn that it has just won five National Newspaper Awards for the excellence of its reporting, reporting that…
Are Police Too Sensitive Or Simply Arrogant?
For some time now I have been closely following abuses of power, with special interest in instances involving our politicians and our police. Because both groups wield so much power,…
A Little More G20 Justice
In one of the more despicable acts of police brutality during the G20 Summit in Toronto in June of 2010, a paraplegic man, Gabriel Jacobs, was “dragged” from his motorized…
Another Kind of Power Abuse
Although the political abuse of power is endemic in this country, especially at the federal level, it is sadly not the only one in which innocent people are victimized. While…
New From The Police Beat
Ryan Tocher, a Hamilton police officer who the SIU likely has on speed dial, is being investigated for a third time by the ostensibly impotent unit, this time for his…
Lawyer Sues Police For Unlawful G20 Arrest
In a world where injustice seems to prevail, I suspect we have to be content with the small victories. Nicholas Wright looks like he is well on his way to…
Not a G20 Criminal-Cop, But A Good Start
Once in a while, justice is finally served, however imperfectly. Recommend this Post
Self-Serving Rhetoric From The Toronto Police
As one who strives to be a critical thinker, I am loathe to make absolutist or ill-informed statements and assertions, even as I admit to frequently falling short of the…
Toronto Police: True Blue To The End
Anyone who might be concerned that recent events have put a strain on police solidarity can rest easy. In an article in The Star entitled Retiring deputy chief calls G20…
Vindication For Those Abused By G20 Police Forces
The vast majority of the 1100 people abused, assaulted and arrested as a result of the thuggish actions of the G20 police forces, apparently intent on suppressing Canadians' Charter Rights…
The Star: Police Strip Searches On The Rise
As reported in today's Toronto Star, "Toronto police strip searched roughly 60 per cent of the people they arrested in 2010, compared to 32 per cent 10 years ago, according…
Once More, The SIU Cannot Fulfill Its Mandate
In what I can only construe as inept or complicit leadership at the top, the Toronto Police Service, thanks to massive obstructionism amongst the rank and file, has once again…
A Late Afternoon Thought On The Murdoch Scandal
I just read a post by The Disaffected Lib discussing the mounting number of resignations resulting from the Rupert Murdoch scandal. Both the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan…
The Real News Commentary on G20 Summit Police Crimes
As always, The Real News offers a refreshing perspective rarely found in the mainstream media. Anything that continues to keep the G20 police abuses of Charter Rights in the public…
Judge Excoriates Cops As Thugs, Expresses Content Superiors Who Conceal
Yesterday I posted some of the comments made by Justice Allen upon sentencing two Toronto police officers to a year of house arrest for beating a Cabbagetown man in 2009.…