Jun. 30, 2010 - Issue #767: The Bestest of Edmonton 2010
News Roundup
Throwing out the Charter
CCLA looks into police actions during G20 protests
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and concerned Canadians have started to collect information and call for an inquiry into the actions of police during the G20 protests and the arrests afterward. The CCLA have begun collecting incident reports and have called for an inquiry into specific incidents:
- The dispersal of protesters at the designated demonstration site in Queen's Park on Saturday, June 26.
- The detention and mass arrest on the Esplanade on the night of Saturday June 26.
- The arrests and police actions outside the Eastern Avenue detention centre on the morning of Sunday, June 27.
- The prolonged detention and mass arrest of individuals at Queen Street West and Spadina Avenue on the evening of Sunday, June 27.
- And the conditions of detention at the Eastern Avenue detention centre.
They're also calling for the repeal of the public works protection act that allowed temporary power to arrest anyone refusing to provide identification inside the security zone and a withdrawal of any charges made under the act.
The CCLA is arguing the actions of the G20 protesters and other citizens in the area did not warrant the suspension of the Charter guarantees to freely assemble, freedom of expression and to be free from arbitrary detention and search and seizure.
Over 900 people were arrested by police over 36 hours. Media, human-rights monitors and passersby were rounded up off the streets, and police raided homes and detained protesters across the city in what many are calling an illegal search and seizure.
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