TFW you are a keeper of an ongoing list of injuries caused by cops at protests, and you hear this motherfucker say this shit.
Since Jan 2024, unlikely all.
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It's not enough to know your rights as long as the people around you don't know theirs. Five conversations activists should have with friends, roommates, and family.
You need to make sure friends, roommates, and family understand a few key things: 1. "DO not talk to the Cops" means DO NOT TALK to the cops. It does not mean, "make small talk." It does not mean, "chat about a completely unrelated topic." No one is helping by "explaining" the situation. All they will do is confirm or give new information. Police are trained in Relational Conversation to make people feel like they are on your side and that you can confide in them. Don't even let them practice. The best course of action is always to extricate yourself from any interaction with cops as soon as possible.
2. Cops CAN and WILL lie to you. In many places around the world, the police cannot lie to the public. Canada is not one of them. YOU cannot lie to Cops. That is illegal. Cops, on the other hand, are not only totally free to lie to you, they are rewarded for it. Legally speaking, the only people cops are not supposed to lie to are judges. Ask Umar Zameer how that works out in reality. Make sure that roommates, friends and family understand this clearly.
3. We don't talk to cops. but ESPECIALLY not about ME. Relatives, and older relatives in particular, have likely been taught to defer to authority figures. But grandma doesn't need to tell Officer SeemsNiceEnough your whole life story. This conversation is best had long before any issues arise, when you can honestly say you're having this chat as part of best practices.
Get in front of potential issues with friends, roommates, and family saying or doing the wrong thing when it comes to dealing with the cops.
Make time to have a few key conversations with key people.
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HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED BY TPS AT A 2025 PROTEST? We're tracking and reporting on the injuries cops cause protestors.
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Police brutality is designed to make people feel alone and afraid to show up to fight systems of oppression.
We're especially seeking reports from the police violence that took place at Casa Loma on May 27, 2025.
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Trying again.
One image and post at a time.
BACKGROUND
The City of #Toronto is sponsoring an extraordinarily racist ✌🏾"public consultation"✌🏾 on protest bubbles.
They didn't care about literal Nazis outside the Fort York Public Library (video attached).
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On my way to a press conference about the City's racist "protest bubble" consultation.
I tried 3 times to post this and got errors every time so, here's a link to the post on Mastodon, and I didn't have to break it into a thread.
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MCIT CORE team wanders around threatening to form people.
Outside the courthouse at 10 Armoury, a giant poster says: Jews say postering Indigo is not anti-semitism
9 of the Indigo 11 pose for a pic
Mack's No One is Illegal t-shirt
Long day.
It started with the City threatening to clear another encampment, then sending the tactical nurse in. (Shoutout out for making a special fascist healthcare option!)
Followed by court support and a presser on the #Indigo11 sitch (standing room only...
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My posts on the subject are on Mastodon, where I don't have to deal with arbitrary text limits.
kolektiva.social/@Gigi/114196...
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