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G20: an interview with Sergeant Mark Hayes

By Julie Laurin | Published: July 9, 2010
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: A Torontonian’s story of detainment

By Julie Laurin | Published: July 2, 2010
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 [...]
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An interview with a G20 protester

By Julie Laurin | Published: June 30, 2010
Thank goodness for technology.  Earlier today, I found out that a solidarity rally was being held at the police station in Ottawa in support of those who were detained and treated poorly by police officers at the G2o protest in Toronto this past weekend.  Having recently expressed my opinion on the subject, I thought I’d [...]
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The G20 protests: Police brutality or proper crowd control?

By Julie Laurin | Published: June 29, 2010
In my last article, I wrote about my thoughts on the kind of revolution I’d like to see in our society. One that simply makes it so that individuals become more interested in self-development and in minding their own business to become better people rather than concern themselves with things that really don’t matter much [...]
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Gangs in Sudbury: another follow-up

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 14, 2010
A lot of you read my initial article about the youth street gang initiative that is taking place in Sudbury, even though there’s no evidence or confirmation that there are any organized gangs there.  My article focused specifically on the poster being used by the Greater Sudbury Police because it depicted young children and babies [...]
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