[Indigsol] PRESS RELEASE: Rally outside of Ottawa Police Headquarters to protest police actions at G20 Summit in Toronto.

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

PRESS RELEASE:  Rally outside of Ottawa Police Headquarters to protest
police actions at G20 Summit in Toronto.

Wednesday, June 30th, 5:30 pm, Ottawa Police Headquarters 474 Elgin St.

The events of the past week in Toronto have been unprecedented in Canadian
history. Over 900 people were arrested, the biggest mass arrests ever in
Canada, for daring to protest against the destructive policies of the G20.

Protesters and local residents were subjected to violent baton attacks,
snatch squads, tear gas and rubber bullets. Sleeping people have been
pulled from their homes at gunpoint in the middle of the night. Many have
been beaten. People who have been arrested have been
strip-searched and held in cages, facing long delays in obtaining legal
support, without access to sufficient food or water. There are numerous
accounts of sexual abuse and threats of sexual assault by police from
women who were arrested. Journalists have been punched, arrested and had
their equipment broken.

We are a broad and diverse group of community activists, students,
workers, journalists and everyday citizens who are deeply upset and
concerned about the actions taken by police this past weekend.

We will gather outside the Ottawa Police Station to show our solidarity
with those who have been unjustly detained, arrested and charged in
relation to the G20 protests and to demand a full and public inquiry into
the actions of the police and security forces.  We will share the stories
and experiences of those who faced violence and abuse at the hands of the
police.

Solidarity rallies are taking place in the next two days across the
province and in Quebec

June 30, 2010:

>> 5:00pm at Hamilton Police Headquarters, 155 King William Street 5:30pm
at Ottawa Police Headquarters, 474 Elgin St (at Catherine) 6:00 pm at
London Police Headquarters, 601 Dundas St (Dundas and
Adelaide)
>> 6:00pm at Windsor Police Headquarters, 150 Goyeau Street

July 1, 2010:
>> 12:00 noon in Montreal [organized by CLAC] at Carré St-Louis (St-Denis
& Rue du Square St-Louis, métro Sherbrooke)
>> 5:30pm in Toronto [organized by CAPP] at Queen's Park.


MEDIA:

Collection of videos showing police violence:
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/video/compilation-videos-about-police-violence/3897

Video testimony from independent journalist on her experience in detention
centre:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-amzGk7qN8



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