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KW SPOT Collective Letter to the Attorney General Regarding G20 security state
On Tuesday Nov. 16th two members of the SPOT collective attempted to deliver a letter to the representative of the attorney general in KW, the Head Crown, below is the letter.
On Tuesday Nov. 16th two members of the SPOT collective attempted to deliver a letter to the representative of the attorney general in KW, the Head Crown, below is the letter.
FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
In wake of the largest “mass arrest” in Canadian history, 1105 arrests, about 800 resulted in no criminal charges. Arrestees were detained and processed in a temporary detention facility located in a former film studio on Eastern Avenue, dubbed “Torontonimo”. The early morning raid on a U of T student unions gymnasium, which resulted in numerous arrests of people from Quebec. Just a couple months later all those charged in that raid have had their charges dropped, due to the illegal nature of their arrests. (Police had no warrant, felt they didn't need one). Even more, the outrageous lie told by Toronto Police Chief William Blair, even though he knew it wasn't accurate, the public was left to believe the province had given officers the power to demand identification and detain anyone within five metres of the G20 site. All weekend there were reports of police stopping people throughout downtown Toronto — often in areas nowhere near the G20 zone — demanding identification and to search bags and backpacks. On November 1st 2010, the charge of “Counselling to commit an indictable offence” was dropped against g20 co-conspirator Julian Ichim. With all this “lawlessness” perpetrated by the state, we are demanding that the crown drop all charges against g20 arrestees.
Further more we are concerned that Hundert's gag-order bail conditions are unconstitutional and set a very dangerous precedent for the targeting of political dissent in this democratic society. Hundert faces three counts of conspiracy pertaining to G20 activities surrounding the June summit, and was released in July on $100,000 bail with about 20 terms, including not participating in any public demonstration.
He was arrested again Sept. 17 for participating in a panel discussion at Ryerson University — which police deemed to be a public demonstration — and held in jail for more than a month before being released Oct. 13 with even more stringent bail conditions. These new amendments include restrictions on planning, participating in, or attending any public event that expresses views on a political issue. In addition, Hundert has been banned from speaking to the media. In a society that deems itself as democratic, you are walking the fine-line of a fascist state in this blatant attempt to remove rights guaranteed to Alex Hundert by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. With these new conditions, is Hundert allowed to vote?
To further strengthen our resolve against the “lawlessness” perpetrated by the police on the streets of Toronto during the g20.
We ask that you acknowledge that and drop all charges now.
The receptionist at the Crown's office saw no reason to take the letter so we got more people and returned. At this point she accepted the letter, gave it to the head crown and gave us the Attorney Generals office address in Toronto so we could deliver the letter to him since she is not sure that the Crown will pass it on. MAYBE WE WILL!!!
-SPOT Collective
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Dan Kellar (Dan Kellar)
Kitchener
Member since July 2009
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