G20 Civil wrongs (Canada)

[marmar]

from NOW Toronto:




G20 Civil wrongs
New documents show RCMP targeted activist groups long before the G20 mass bust

By Jesse Rosenfeld


When public safety minister Vic Toews introduced his new anti-terrorism strategy last month, many were stunned to discover the feds were targeting groups – enviro, native and others – as sources of extremism.

The announcement was tellingly made just as the Tories revved up their attempts to discredit foes of the Northern Gateway pipeline. But for those who’ve been making their way through the thousands of pages of RCMP and OPP documents pertaining to the G20 released under freedom of information, this shadowing of dissenting orgs didn’t come as a major surprise.

It appears the Toews approach has been policy since at least 2009 and underlies a campaign of surveillance and infiltration of groups. Climaxing with the G20 mass arrests, the year-long police operation was, according to the RCMP, “likely the largest joint intelligence ever assembled in Canada.”

The papers also explain the backdrop to G20 “conspiracy” charges and the basis of an operation that saw 12 undercover agents directed by the RCMP-led Joint Intelligence Group (JIG) fan out to spy on political organizers. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=185858

[PDJane]

1. Yep.............

We're following the US to a police state.

[teddy51]

2. I have a number of relatives living in BC that voted for the Tories in the last election.

My words to them following Harper's majority Government win was, "You will regret your vote many times" within the next 4 years.