G20 policing

In the wake of two damning reports on police conduct during the G20 summit in Toronto, the city’s police chief has released a written statement addressed to the people of Toronto, where his police force oversaw the largest mass arrest in Canadian history in June 2010.

CBC News is reporting that the commanding Toronto police officer who issued the controversial order to “kettle” protesters, bystanders and journalists during the G20 summit two years ago is expected to be charged with misconduct.

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The one question Michael Ignatieff most noticeably punted at the St. Catharines town hall I attended last month had to do with police actions and civil liberties during the G20 conference in Toronto and here—setting aside our previously stated concerns about the use of analogy in political rhetoric—Doug Bell wonders where the Liberals are on this issue.

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