A year on, calls for a G20 inquiry still resonate

On June 26, 2010, thousands of people witnessed thousands of police officers march upon, arbitrarily arrest, and injure protesters who had gathered at Queen's Park in Toronto to voice their opposition to the G20 summit taking place nearby.

And a year later, on June 25, 2011, just feet from where dozens of protesters were corralled and run over by police horses, hundreds gathered to reinforce the call for an independent public inquiry into the events that surrounded the G20.

"This city has been wounded and we need a process of truth-finding so that we can heal," said Nathalie DesRosiers, General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. "We need to do this for the strength of our democracy."

G20 Redux, billed as a festival for civil liberties, gathered a diverse crowd, united in their outrage for the police brutality and attack on human rights that marked the weekend of the G20.

While individual demands from people present were diverse, the call for an investigation resonated throughout. Speakers from the Movement Defence Committee, the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Canadian Federation of Students reinforced these calls, and reminded people in attendance about the need to continue to fight against attempts to criminalize dissent.

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Source: Rabble.ca