Articles tagged with: police
By Faisal Kutty
Kudos to the Toronto Star for last week’s in-depth expose on racial profiling by the Toronto police. While officials have routinely denied that they use racial profiling, critics have …
By Louisa Taylor
It was the moment he and three friends had driven almost 1,000 kilometres to see.
Ahmed, a young Canadian born in Somalia and raised in Ottawa, watched intently as Barack Hussein Obama raised his …
By Alexandra Zayas and Demorris A. Lee
TAMPA — Marine reservist Jasen Bruce was getting clothes out of the trunk of his car Monday evening when a bearded man in a robe approached him.
That man, a …
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
November 10, 2009 – For immediate release
BCCLA uncovers VPD purchase of untested crowd control weapon for Olympics
Vancouver, B.C. – A senior member of the Vancouver Police Department confirmed to the BCCLA …
By Seumas Milne
There’s nothing new about British governments spying on their own citizens. From the time of Elizabeth I’s spy chief Francis Walsingham to the legendary agent provocateurs of the years after Waterloo to the …
By Dave Davies
Philadelphia Daily News
EIGHT YEARS after 9/11, we’re used to changes in our routines. We show ID to get into office buildings, and take off our shoes at airports.
But should a college student flying …
From CBC News
A meeting was held Tuesday night to help improve relations between Ottawa police and the city’s Lebanese and Arab communities.
Police felt it was important to create a dialogue with the two groups, said …
By Janice Tibbetts
OTTAWA — Police will be given new powers to eavesdrop on Internet-based communications as part of a contentious government bill, to be announced Thursday, which Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan has said …
From the Associated Press
April 28, 2009
London – The British government said yesterday it wants communications companies to keep records of every phone call, e-mail and website visit made in the country.
But it has decided not …
