The G20 held on Friday, June 25th, 2010 in Toronto was one of the worst summit in the history of Canada. This documentary was done by Gillian Findlay
As you may hear at the beginning of the video protesters yelling "Tell me what democracy looks like?" and these protesters came from various horizon in Canada marching for all kind of reasons.
And the police designated Queens Park as the zone of Free Speech.
I am just wondering why there were TEN THOUSANDS policemen during that weekend? And why they were acting so aggressively with protesters, treating them almost like "wild beast".
John's case (a man who walks with two walking stick) for instance was shocked by the massive police presence yonder only for the well progress of the summit until they lost the control of it and were now compelled to regain it by 5pm o'clock and for that they just found a way to be as aggressive as possible with peaceful protesters and citizens- because we still do not know if all the people there were protesters or merely pedestrians-. specially if there were wearing black colour.
Even if they were doing their job (they were instructed to do what was necessary to ensure the wall around the G20 Conference Centre was never breached. ) it was in a inhuman way. The way they treated John was awful since this guy had a prostetic leg (one would think that they have not realized) that they were hurting him even though he yelled.
John was not the one to be ill-treaded during that weekend, there was also Dorian who was taking a picture, and received a hit without being warn by policemen coming from nowhere and dragged him like a "black sheep" with his hand till it was broke and when he asked them for help he was told that he will receive medical attention in five hours with his hand still handcuffed.
This explain why protesters were yelling ""We are people, about you ?" because their acts were not those we know we people.
Why did they designate a free speech zone if they were going to ill-treat them?
These agents are a threat to civil liberties. At the very beginning, they were supposed to preserve the democratic principles, to protect liberty and freedom, and to restore the public trust in government and its security forces not to treat people like tools or whatever.
It's as if I was playing one level of Gran Theft Auto(GTA)-a video game series created in the United Kingdom- while watching this documentary because "There were a police barricade at every turn as if it was a war. So they were trapped and arrested'. And according toMarie Poisson from Quebec the agents were saying ' fucking frenchy go back to Quebec"the policemen said to Quebec's students."The policemen were overarmed only for students this is unbelievable, isn't? and they hit the peaceful protesters without any valuable reasons. Dragging people without any kind of respect just like beast, these people were treated. Can you imagine, they received foods only twelve hours after their arrest. People were stripped search because they protested peacefully. Where is democracy? where is the freedom of expression?
At the end, not only does dorian has hand dislocated and arm broken but also he was charged for abstracting a police officer and unlawful demonstration. I guess they did that to cover their backs since they injuerd him.
More than eleven hundred people (OMG for those who do not know =Oh My God) were arrested that weekend, seven hundred and nine were never charged with anything and they were warned never protesting again.
Ninety five police security cameras recorded, twenty two thousand hours of video tape so how can the Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said that he had not seen any bad behaviours from his colleagues? but dared to give an explanation of why police took the actions they did. Therefore, to say that the Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Harper had "no way of knowing?" what was going on is hard for me and I guess for every one to believe.
Some say that what happened that weekend were so uncanadian. "Exclusive eyewitness video obtained by the fifth estate brings to light startling images captured on cellphones and minicams by the innocent bystanders who found themselves on the wrong side of all that G20 'order'."
The G20 marked the biggest mass arrest in Canadian history (I will even say the shame of every Canadian and humanity as well.
Massive abuse of the power of police but they dared to say in fact that what "what they were doing were for their protection.) "No democracy" after Marie Poisson during the G20 of last June.
I think the worse is that these people were accused by the Toronto's agents of something they have not done and spend two days in jail without, clothes and a place to sleep. There is no justification for something like this to happen anywhere in a world specially in a country like Canada well know for its good reputation.
I'm just wondering how these officers would feel if their families were beaten and arrested for no reason other than protesting peacefully, which is their right as a Canadian citizen. The actions of the police that day were disgusting.
The worse is that NOTHING will happen to any agents who broke laws that day and that really sucks.
what was done to the peaceful protesters and bystanders cannot be forgiven and must be challenged in court this disgraceful deeds.
I am proud and happy that all the protesters who I hope, despite what happened, still believe they have a right to raise their voices against injustice.
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