Police Brutality at Osgoode Hall

Aside from this being yet another instance of terrible brutality inflicted by the brutal thugs of the Toronto Pig Department, it's a good example of how violent these thugs can get when people do not obey without question their "orders."

Most of the time, when a "peace officer" gives somebody an "order," they obey it without question, usually out of deference to their authority, though sometimes because they fear the consequences of challenging them. Nothing pisses off a cop more than when somebody challenges their authority. In their world, any act of "non-compliance" is viewed as a threat to be dealt with swiftly and forcefully. This is one reason why they have a particular hatred of anarchists and other radical activists who do not submit willingly to arbitrary demands of obedience or "compliance" (while having no problem with activists who play by the rules and do not challenge them).

Year's ago, while having a beer with some friends, we witnessed a mass police "take-down" of homeless people and their supporters across the street. When we went outside to investigate, we were immediately confronted by a group of cops who "ordered" us to back off. When one of our group started to argue with them, a cop said "Look, I'm a police officer; does that mean anything to you?" ["Yes, it means you're our enemy"]. These cops were so arrogant and entitled that when the homeless folks' lawyer went to investigate, the cops arrested him, too.

The filming of cops, which due to new technolgies has become so common that practically anybody with a cell phone can be a documentary film-maker, has created a new set of problems for the cops. So in typical cop style, they're dealing with it by attacking the film-makers. It bears mentioning that filming the cops is lawful activity, though you'd never know it by the hysterical and abusive reactions of the cops whenever somebody aims a camera at them.

I commend the courage of these folks in standing up to the cops and wish them all success in fighting these charges and holding the Toronto cops to account for their violent and illegal behaviour.

Comments

Tresspass

Submitted by DSRichardson on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 11:28.

I find it odd that the police label this as a trespass investigation, yet no one was charged with trespassing.

The Costs of "Non-Compliance"

Submitted by GBLK on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 16:49.

What is the ministry of

Submitted by Megan Kinch on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 17:06.

What is the ministry of information anyway? Who is the minister of information? is it like the ministry of magic or something?

Infrastructure Ontario

Submitted by DSRichardson on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 21:49.

"Infrastructure Ontario is a crown corporation wholly owned by the Province of Ontario and established by the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation Act, 2011 that defines our responsibilities to our shareholder. Infrastructure Ontario is guided by Provincial Capital Plans, which build on the success of the ReNew Ontario and the Province’s Building a Better Tomorrow framework."

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