As human beings, there is really no way that we can dispute our deeply-flawed natures. Overlooking the terrible depths to which we can sink, the unspeakable cruelties each of us is capable of, and seeking to justify or rationalize away those shortcomings is to choose to remain in a state of willful ignorance that only makes our failures worse.
That is one of the reasons I am glad that the abuses of the Toronto G20 are not being forgotten, despite the fact that time is moving on. The patent violation of our Charter Rights by those in whom we entrust our safety and those in whom we entrust high political office should never be forgotten or minimized. That is why I am glad for newspapers like The Toronto Star which yesterday provided video footage of the terrible conditions under which 1100 mostly innocent people were incarcerated, and today has a story suggesting that those conditions may have violated the United Nations’ “Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.”
You can read the entire story "G20 jail photos raise ‘alarm bells’ for police chair" here.
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