Chief Blair apologizes to G20 protester at centre of YouTube video

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Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has issued a public apology to Adam Nobody, the G20 protester at the centre of a YouTube video that ignited controversy earlier this week.

Blair, who suggested Monday that Nobody was armed and violent, conceded there was no evidence that the 27-year-old was either at the time of his arrest.

In the same radio interview, Blair lashed out at the province’s Special Investigations Unit, accusing the police watchdog of “guesswork and speculation” in its conclusion that excessive force was probably used in two cases during G20 protests, although it decided not to pursue charges against police.

Blair said the YouTube video sited by the SIU as evidence of excessive police force, was “tampered with” and edited out of context.

http://www.thestar.com/news/torontog20summit/article/901332--chief-blair-apologizes-to-g20-protester-at-centre-of-youtube-video?bn=1

McGuinty is going down the tube.