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G20: an interview with Sergeant Mark Hayes
After documenting the G20 policing protest in Ottawa last week, I read this article in the Citizen. After reading that, I thought ‘hey, I would have loved to have spoken with a police officer’. My way of thinking is that you won’t find out anything if you don’t at least try to ask for it. [...]
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G20: the quest to understand continues
Since I posted the videos, photos and articles I wrote about the G20 policing protest, so many people have come forward either to share their stories or to express their thoughts to me about this event. I’ve also had several conversations about the nature of protesting, about whether or not protests are effective, about whether [...]
G20: A Torontonian’s story of detainment
I had no idea that I would be providing updates and reports on the G20 policing issue. I wrote my reflection on the idea of protesting a few days ago and then a follow-up with my thoughts on the subject again a day after seeing videos of what was really happening there. Since then, so [...]
More video footage of the G20 rally in Ottawa
I’ve found some time to edit and put together another video of the rally held in Ottawa against the G20 Policing. The evidence of police brutality and abuse is simply overwhelming. And I think that public opinion about the role of the police during the protests in Toronto is changing from “they were just doing [...]
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