POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY

Both yesterday's and today's Waterloo Region Record carry stories about the latest lawsuits filed against the Toronto police involving their G20 behaviour. Yesterday's is titled "Police face new G20 lawsuit over "hairy legs" profiling". Today's is titled "$1.4M lawsuit against G20 police alleges sexual discrimination". These are totally different allegations as they concern arrests made the day after the vandalism occurred in downtown toronto. Clearly the Toronto police were still on a rampage of retaliation as they swooped down on a group of people leaving a Yongue St. restaurant. The profiling as per the notebook of one of the police officers had to do with "all parties appear to be protesters; back packs; clothing and females all have hairy legs.". Keep in mind this is the day after the vandalism and detruction. That quote describes the sole "evidence" and reason for arresting, detaining, locking up, searching and depriving Canadian citizens of their liberty.

Rank and file Toronto police were given carte blanche by their superiors to violate the civil rights of citizens in retaliation for the embarassment the police sufferred with police cruisers being torched the day before. This cannot be "fixed" by money. The responsible senior officers and politicians need to have their liberty infringed upon albeit via open courts. Police and politicains across Canada need to know that there are real consequences to unlawful arrest and detention. Real consequences does not mean taxpayers money buying the cops out of trouble. If this is all that happens then I'm sorry but Canada is done as a democracy.