tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7730898824208156602..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Police Power - UPATEDLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19687697766033726672013-08-10T11:39:08.674-04:002013-08-10T11:39:08.674-04:00Many thanks for the link, Neil. I shall update thi...Many thanks for the link, Neil. I shall update this post with the video with an explanation of the Cherry Beach allusion.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-90767958872975098792013-08-10T10:48:40.063-04:002013-08-10T10:48:40.063-04:00Remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Remember this one?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QfdHPoU300<br /><br />It used to be that the cops despised the punks, gay, and homeless. Now, since the G20 (or perhaps even further back to 9/11) the despise everyone, even the law they're supposed to uphold...<br /><br />N.ThinkingManNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233707013338083180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-51855788614280958312013-08-09T16:58:32.709-04:002013-08-09T16:58:32.709-04:00Thanks, LeDaro. i will check him out.Thanks, LeDaro. i will check him out.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-68517528093746980532013-08-09T16:34:08.031-04:002013-08-09T16:34:08.031-04:00Lorne, this guy is a bit crazy but he really hates...Lorne, this guy is a bit crazy but he really hates police. You may consider to check his blog.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/mcapovcLeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-16437939504408473502013-08-09T15:07:27.561-04:002013-08-09T15:07:27.561-04:00I think your last sentence sums up why the problem...I think your last sentence sums up why the problem of police abuse of their authority is getting worse, Mound. They have essentially received a message of impunity from all the bodies that should be keeping them in check.<br /><br />In the Toronto force, as I think I have indicated elsewhere, the problem was aggravated by the way they were allowed to run amok during the 2010 G20 Summit, and ultimately faced no real sanctions after their needless detention of over 1100 citizens, many of whom weren't even involved in the protests.<br /><br />The mythology surrounding the police also doesn't help. When one of their own dies on the job, whether through a car accident or at the hands of a criminal (an exceedingly rare event in Canada), they come out in droves for public mourning, or what my friend Dom likes to refer to as 'police porn.'Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-15854848932849509582013-08-09T12:57:59.058-04:002013-08-09T12:57:59.058-04:00That is chilling. As I recall, the radicalization...That is chilling. As I recall, the radicalization of the Toronto Police Union began in the 80s and has worsened ever since. Weak politicians have succumbed to their intimidation and pressures when they needed to step hard on these characters. The courts deserve blame too. Many years ago Eddy Greenspan wrote a book,"Case for the Defence," that focused on cops getting caught giving blatantly fabricated evidence under oath in trials. This was wanton perjury, perversion of justice - and it almost always goes unpunished. The courts don't go after them, the Crown doesn't prosecute them, their political masters look the other way and their police command does the same.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com