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Recent Reports
- Joshua – “We cupped our hands as if offering water and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Shuffling sideways on the crowded street corner I looked again into the next officer’s eyes: ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘Peace be’ – Quick. Cold. Rough. Two police seized me by the arms and pulled me off.”
- Karen – “I’ve never been afraid to go to a public demonstration…But now all that has changed.”
- “I did not see either officer wearing a badge”
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Jean-Nicolas – “A police officer with a bicycle placed in front of me, me cria ‘Get back!’ and struck me a violent blow in the belly with the handlebars!…That's when I asked the officer, very politely : ‘Sir, may I have your name and your badge, please.’ Il a répondu en criant ‘Catch him!’…The officer who hit me with his bicycle then addressed to me, looked into my eyes and said a sentence I'll never forget : ‘Now, do you still want my name and my badge?'”
- Dylan – “It was never explained how sitting was a crime.”
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Taiva Tegler – “I saw many injured detainees with arms in slings and faces bruised and swollen being led quickly with their ankles chained”
I joined with a jail cell solidarity group in front of the film studio on Eastern Ave around 11pm. We remained across the street on the designated sidewalk and cyclist path – not on the road. We were dancing, singing … Continue reading
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Seamus Wolfe – “Five officers grabbed me, hit me repeatedly with batons and fists, threw me to the concrete, crushed knees into my cheek bone, back and thighs, dragged me on the pavement and put handcuffs on me”.
At approximately 5:30 pm on June 26, 2010, a group of students I was with decided that after all the confusion of the all the actions in downtown Toronto in protest of the G8/G20, the best place to go was … Continue reading
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Maximilian Pacheco – “It is important to note the horrid conditions in the jail. The cells, which were over-glorified dog cages, were often over-crowded.”
Hello, my name is Maximilian Pacheco, I am a 20 year old Political Science and History student at U of T. I was born and raised in Toronto. Below is a detailed account of what happened to me: Myself, along … Continue reading
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“They were going to release us until this one cop came and saw that we had the legal number written on our arms. She then said that we were elegible for arrest.”
On sunday morning my boyfriend and i, from ottawa, were sitting in queen’s park waiting for some friends. There were groups of 10 cops or more at every street corner on college st. We had previously been searched and got … Continue reading
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Sherry B. Good – “I couldn’t sleep last night. I took the day off work, I’m so upset”
I’m not a young person (over 50) and I had no intention of protesting the G20 until I heard about the police trying to intimidate people into not exercising their democratic rights by obtaining sound cannons, rubber bullets and the … Continue reading
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Philip Boyle – “At no time during the detention was anyone in my cage allowed to speak with a lawyer”
I was arrested at the protest in front of the Novatel Hotel on June 26th 2010. Below is my recollection of events. Approx 8pm The protest march stopped in front of the Novatel Hotel. The march was peaceful and was … Continue reading
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Terra Dafoe – “In a matter of seconds, without warning, we were trapped. Our questions were met with blank stares, our panic with more pushing, complaints with arrest”
On Sunday June 27, 2010 myself Terra Dafoe, my boyfriend Lucius Dechausay, and my good friend decided to take a walk around the downtown streets. Through our walks we encountered a lot of the damage from the vandals of the … Continue reading
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Natasha Borris – “I have been having nightmares”
Natasha Borris My name is Natasha Borris. I am 18 years old, and I reside in Whitby, Ontario. My story seems to have become something of a media sensation. On Saturday, June 26th, my boyfriend and I boarded the 10:53 … Continue reading
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“several police officers lining the west side of the street had removed their names and badge numbers”
On Friday afternoon, June 25, in the main Gender Justice march, as we all were stopped by police on University Avenue at Elm St., I noticed that several police officers lining the west side of the street had removed their … Continue reading
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Trevor Grant – “we were staging a peaceful protest when riot police surrounded us on all sides and would not let us leave”
Age: 20 A friend and I were arrested along with about 100 other people outside Novotel hotel Saturday night, which police also said we would al be released later that night, we were staging a peaceful protest when riot police … Continue reading
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