Canadian Civil Liberties Group Mulls Lawsuit as Details of Mass Arrests, Unprecedented Powers at G2O Come to Light
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it is looking into suing the Toronto police department following mass arrests at the G20 summit last week. It is now estimated that 1,000 people, including many journalists, were arrested. On Thursday, protest rallies were held in Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg against the brutal police crackdown. Civil liberties advocates are also up in arms after it emerged that the Toronto police were secretly given new and unprecedented powers of arrest in the lead-up to the G20. We hear from David Vassey, the first person arrested under a new law in Toronto that allowed police to detain anyone near the site of the G20 summit if they failed to identify themselves.[includes rush transcript] Purchase <http://www.democracynow.org/store/show/2010/7/2> DVD/CD LISTEN <http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/stream> WATCH Real Video Stream <http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2010/july/video/dnB20100702a.rm&proto=rtsp&start=00:23:41> Real Audio Stream <http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2010/july/audio/dn20100702.ra&proto=rtsp&start=00:23:41> MP3 Download <http://traffic.libsyn.com/democracynow/dn2010-0702-1.mp3> More… <http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/stream> http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/david_vassey
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