Category Archives: Cops Behaving Badly

The persistent racist menace in the United States

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A documentary in two parts by Russia Today, called “Race Supremacy: Revealing Hatred”:Did you know that Warren G. Harding, who was president of the US during the 1920s, was actually sworn into the Ku Klux Klan while in office–using the … Continue reading →

Surprise! G20 “security” law is nothing of the sort!

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

How on Earth does an anti-German war-measures act from 1939, which effectively became null and void at war’s end, get dug out again for use against peaceful protesters–nearly 30 years after our Charter of Rights and Freedoms was formally enacted … Continue reading →

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G-20 roundup: Slowly, the media are catching on…

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The Torygraph dutifully printed the above photo in 2009, but are the major media really getting the message? A few small items give me hope that a little of the truth IS finally starting to filter through:The Toronto Star prints … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: G-20 Dickweed of the Day

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

He threatens to arrest a girl for blowing bubbles. BUBBLES, people. You know, those harmless, rainbow-swirly little things made of soap, water and air? The kind little kids blow all the time, and laugh hysterically over when one pops on … Continue reading →

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“This ain’t Canada”: the trauma of the G-20

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A young woman who was arrested at the G-20 protests talks about her dehumanizing experience at the hands of the cops. She was far from alone in being grotesquely maltreated. Stories like hers are pouring out, and it’s getting awfully … Continue reading →

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G-20 summit: Human rights catastrophe and legal nightmare

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Well, actually, now that I think of it…Yes, sometimes it really IS that obvious.Good evening! Here’s tonight’s G-20 roundup, brought to you by nobody but little old anticorporatist me. First up, let’s go to Tabatha Southey at the Globe & … Continue reading →

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Torontonamo Bay: One young man’s personal account

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Meet Dan Hamilton. He’s 18, gay, and a new resident of Toronto. And on his first day in that city, something happened to him:Dan was corralled and carted off to the Toronto East Detention Centre–or Torontonamo Bay, as it’s rapidly … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: The “Miami Model” at work

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

No, the Miami Model is not a tall, shapely, ex-Latin American beauty queen. This is the Miami Model, in two minutes or less:Yeah hi, it’s me, banging on about the so-called Black Bloc again. These guys have so much in … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Do you recognize any of these “anarchists”?

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Check ’em out!Now, how could you be an anarchist–a real one–and NOT know who Che Guevara was, even when you’re wearing his face all over your body? Or for that matter–what’s up with the pot-leaf bandanna? Dude looks much too … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on the G-20, Black Bloc tactics and police brutality

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I’m not sure what to make of this man. He seems belligerent. Yet he’s wearing socialist and peace symbols on his shirt. WTF? Anyway, his situation (which could be street theatre, for all we know) pretty much encapsulates what went … Continue reading →