G20: The morons who came in from the cold
By Alison@Creekside The JIG is up. An RCMP “joint intelligence group” — comprised of federal, provincial and municipal police — infiltrated activist groups prior to the G20 and Vancouver Olympics in what they call ”one of the largest domestic intelligence operations in Canadian history.” Constable Bindo Showan of the Ontario Provincial Police, one of the two principal undercover Ontario spies, is a [...]
Bill Blair’s G20 alibi
By Alison@Creekside An interview with Andre Marin, Ontario Ombudsman and author of the G20 report “Caught in the Act,” sheds a little light on the blackout surrounding who was responsible for ordering kettling at the G20 a year ago. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, as we have previously heard, had not heard of the term kettling [...]
SIU tries, tries again to identify G20 cop thug
By Alison@Creekside Oversight – noun 1) the action of overseeing something 2) an omission, the failure to do something Dorian Barton was taking a picture of police horses in the park at the G20 summit in downtown Toronto last summer when he was suddenly knocked to the ground from behind with a riot shield, beaten with a [...]
The Cons’ G8 legacy: $100,000 gazebos
By Alison@Creekside When the G8 leaders stayed for one night at the Deerhurst Resort as part of the G8/G20 $1.2-billion bunfest, their one-night stay probably didn’t afford them the opportunity to fully appreciate all the benefits of the G8 Legacy Infrastructure Slush Fund spent in Industry Minister Tony Clement’s riding. “32 projects that received funding, [...]
Cons on the G20: “An unmitigated success”
By Alison@Creekside The Public Safety Committee report on the G-20 tabled in the House on Friday calls for an independent inquiry into the decision-making by all levels of government that resulted in – the outrageous cost – the unprecedented arrests of over 1100 people, including journalists and people on their way home from work – [...]
The G20: Bill Blair and “preventive detention”
By Alison@Creekside At the Public Safety Committee yesterday, Toronto Chief Bill Blair lobbed the following statement about “preventive detention” at the G20 into the proceedings [just before the 4 minute mark]: “I think you are all familiar with images of members of that group who were smashing windows, burning cars, looting stores, and generally causing [...]
It’s called protest, Mr. Rathgeber
By Alison@Creekside Finished with the G20? Not even close. And partly because of the wanker to the left. At Wednesday’s Public Safety and Security Committee meeting into the G20 fiasco, we heard testimony from two very well-spoken students from Montreal who were arrested in their pajamas at gunpoint from the University of Toronto gymnasium, where [...]
“Lay Off Officer Bubbles”: the video
By Frank Moher Last week we reported on the ongoing saga of Officer Bubbles, the Toronto cop who became infamous during the G20 for threatening to bust a bubble-blowing protestor. Constable Bubbles, you will recall (or maybe not), has launched a 1.2 million dollar lawsuit against YouTube for hosting cartoons and comments deriding him, while [...]
Officer Bubbles: the poem
By Frank Moher The saga of Officer Bubbles continues. The Toronto Police Services constable (aka Adam Josephs) became notorious during the G20 for threatening to arrest a particularly pacific young woman if she continued to blow bubbles in his vicinity. “If the bubble touches me,” he growled, “you’re going to be arrested for assault.” “Bubbles?” [...]
Silencing Alex Hundert
By Alison@Creekside Alex Hundert was arrested on June 26th and held for three weeks in advance of the G20 Summit for alleged involvement in organizing the protests. He was released on bail conditions which precluded participation in any public demonstrations, and on Sept. 13th the government lost a court challenge to his release. Three days [...]
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