Will Somebody Hold the Police Accountable?
After a lengthy investigation, the Ontario Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD), Ontario’s civilian body responsible for handling complaints against the police, has concluded that police officers...
View ArticleSide-stepping, Misleading and Evading: Deciphering Chief Blair’s response to...
On May 16, 2012, Toronto’s Chief Bill Blair met with journalists to comment on the Ontario Independent Police Review Director’s report, Policing the Right to Protest, released earlier that day. The...
View ArticleTribunal? What Tribunal?
Six times in 33 minutes. That is how often Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair employed the word “tribunal” in his May 16th press conference relating to the OIPRD report that dealt with police behaviour...
View ArticleWhen Videos of Police Abuse of Power Are Not Enough, Citizens Must Act
It has sadly become a familiar chain of events: Officers charge civilian with assaulting a police officer. Video (either surveillance, or taped by a civilian) surfaces: it shows the officers beating up...
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