Toronto Police just love strip-searching people for almost any reason at all. So the Toronto Star report would have us believe, at least. According to their report, roughly 60% of all people arrested in 2010 were strip-searched by Toronto Police Services personnel. Previously-released figures on the numbers of strip searches show this number has been steadily climbing over … [Read more...]
Naked Man paraded before female cops, Bill Blair makes excuses
A man was arrested at the G20 last year, was stripped naked and then paraded before a female Toronto City Police constable. Predictably, Toronto Police Services Chief Bill Blair says, "The video may not entirely speak for itself. And there’s a lot of circumstances and facts that are not yet evident in that video. It’s important to get all the facts before I make a comment on … [Read more...]
Bill C-60 — citizen’s arrest and defences of property and persons
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Toronto Thursday to announce the introduction of a government bill, C-60, that would, in theory, prevent honest citizens like Toronto store owner David Chen from being abused by our legal system. Officially the title of Bill C-60 is “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (citizen’s arrest and the defences of property and persons)”. … [Read more...]
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair caught Lying to Parliament?
It sure looks like it in this YouTube video. The classic quote from this [alleged] fibber : "I have not seen any Police using excessive force." I guess he should open his eyes next time he's "viewing" videotape from the G20 protests. That's the only reason I can fathom for this yahoo to claim there was no cases of excessive force. If police forces across Canada want … [Read more...]