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More than 1,000 people detained during G20 summit in Toronto can sue police
Source: The Guardian
More than 1,000 people detained during G20 summit in Toronto can sue police
Ontario’s top court gave go-ahead to two suits alleging civil rights
abuses and noted the role legal action could play in forcing police
to change behaviour
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Thursday 7 April 2016 01.33 BST
More than 1,000 people detained during the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto –described as one of the worst violations of civil liberties in Canada’s history – have won the right to move ahead with class-action lawsuits against police.
On Wednesday, Ontario’s top court gave the go-ahead to two lawsuits alleging civil rights abuses during the summit and noted the role legal action could play in forcing police to change their behaviour.
Toronto’s G20 summit made headlines around the world – not as much for the discussions taking place behind the nearly 10 kilometres of fence erected for the summit, but for the dozens of anarchists who broke away from the largely peaceful anti-globalisation demonstrations to torch cars and smash store windows.
Police responded with teargas, pepper spray and force; boxing in people at various locations around the city. More than 1,000 people – including peaceful protesters, bystanders and journalists – were arrested or detained in what became the largest mass arrest in Canada’s history.
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Ontario’s top court gave go-ahead to two suits alleging civil rights
abuses and noted the role legal action could play in forcing police
to change behaviour
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Thursday 7 April 2016 01.33 BST
More than 1,000 people detained during the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto –described as one of the worst violations of civil liberties in Canada’s history – have won the right to move ahead with class-action lawsuits against police.
On Wednesday, Ontario’s top court gave the go-ahead to two lawsuits alleging civil rights abuses during the summit and noted the role legal action could play in forcing police to change their behaviour.
Toronto’s G20 summit made headlines around the world – not as much for the discussions taking place behind the nearly 10 kilometres of fence erected for the summit, but for the dozens of anarchists who broke away from the largely peaceful anti-globalisation demonstrations to torch cars and smash store windows.
Police responded with teargas, pepper spray and force; boxing in people at various locations around the city. More than 1,000 people – including peaceful protesters, bystanders and journalists – were arrested or detained in what became the largest mass arrest in Canada’s history.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/toronto-g20-summit-police-lawsuit-civil-rights-abuses
