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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CCLA Demands Accountability for G20 Rights Violations in light of Scathing OIPRD Report into G20 Police Conduct TORONTO, May 16 2012 – The Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) today released its systemic review into policing during the 2010 Toronto G20. [...] May 14, 2012 CCLA: Report into RCMP G20 Complaint Bolsters CCLA Concerns, Highlights Need for Answers from Toronto, Ontario Police TORONTO, May 14, 2012 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the long-awaited report into RCMP conduct during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits. This report was produced by Commission for Public [...] Introduction Major Concerns Specific Issues Background Quick Links Over a year and a half after the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s original G20 complaint, the Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“the Commssion”) has released its final report into RCMP conduct during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits. CCLA welcomes the long-awaited report as an important step in [...] The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling in Peel (Police) v. Ontario (Special Investigations Unit) (formerly Metcalf v. Scott), which found that Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (“SIU”) had the authority to investigate the alleged crimes of a former Peel region police officer. CCLA intervened in this case as part of [...] At Thursday’s meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board, CCLA’s Equality Program Director Noa Mendelsohn Aviv addressed the Board over the documented practice of racial profiling by the police. CCLA’s submissions expressed concern not just with “carding” – the recording of names and identities of black male youth – but also with unwarranted stops by [...] |
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