[news] OCAP Victory Against Toronto Cops

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Ontario Coalition Against Poverty | 21 Feb 2006

In September 2003 OCAP Member Gaetan Heroux was witness to Intelligarde officers harassing a man at the corner of Dundas and Sherboune. Metro police arrived at the corner, arrested and assaulted Gaetan, who was simply observing the situation. Police did no investigating before arresting Gaetan who was well known to them for his decades of OCAP organizing in Toronto's east end.

Gaetan and the OCAP legal team filed suit against the Toronto Police for false arrest and negligent investigation and assault. Today the cops offered a cash settlement for their heavy handed tactics- not wanting to go through with a lawsuit that was bound to expose their illegal actions.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/4131