The 2010 Summit in Toronto has one of the largest arrest records in any G20 Summit protesting event. The freedom … More
Tag: police brutality
Anti-Police Brutality: A Critical Analysis
State and police exercising power in society is nothing new, nor is public resistance to this type of power, but … More
Ready For Riots: Police Anti-Brutalization Protesters Have The Media On Their Side
The media has not only taken on the role of constructing police brutalization as imminent, particularly for minorities, but they … More
Clash of Clans: The Uprising of Police Brutality and Citizens’ Response
Organized in 1995, the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (C.O.B.P., following their French acronym) is a group dedicated to the … More
Ipperwash: An Indigenous Resistance
As an important piece of Canadian and Indigenous history, the Ipperwash crisis was a fatal Indigenous land claims protest against … More
The Gastown Riot, 1971
The Gastown Riot, also known as ‘smoke-in’ and Street Jamboree, occurred on August 7, 1971 in ‘Maple Tree Square’, a … More
The Burnt Church Crisis
The Burnt Church Crisis was a conflict in New Brunswick, Canada, from 1999-2002, between the Mi’kmaq community of Burnt Church and … More
Regulation 233/10: More than a Security Measure!
The G20 Summit protests will be remembered for two things; one being the implementation of Regulation 233/10 and subsequently from … More