TORONTO G20 INJUSTICES CONTINUE

Last Saturday's Waterloo Region Record carrys this brief story "Police board seeks to appeal G20 class action certification". As one of the participants in the class action stated this behaviour by the Police Board is very disappointing. It does however point out the problems with so called civilian oversight of the Police. The local government (ie. politicians) pick civilians who will not rock the boat. Those that are picked are done so based upon their reliability to go along with the status quo and not to be activists. Here in Waterloo Region it's all about political reliability, name recognition and overall not being an advocate for improvement or change.

The G20 was a stain upon democracy in this country. Mass arrests and detainment simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time is criminal behaviour by our authorities. Now it's been over four years since the police ran roughshod over citizens minding their own business without justice being done. To have the so called civilian board continuing to block accountability through the courts is shameful. When will our idiot authorities begin to understand that it is exactly that kind of undemocratic and arbitrary behaviour that encourages real civil unrest and protest. This country is heading for a rude awakening and the fault lies with our elected and appointed political representatives who have gotten way too big for their britches.