[news] Ontario Provincial Police Officer Posed as Journalist During 2007 Mohawk Protest

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CBC News - Thursday, July 24, 2008

An OPP officer pretended to be a news reporter at a Mohawk protest that prompted the closure of a major rail line and Highway 401 in eastern Ontario during last year's Aboriginal Day of Action, CBC News has learned...Observers and media organizations, including the CBC, are protesting the tactic of police posing as journalists, saying it makes reporters' jobs more difficult and more dangerous.  


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