Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

"Justice! For Sammy!"

At 5 pm on Monday afternoon, 150 people converged at Yonge and Dundas for the start of a march held in memory of — and in protest of the death of — Sammy Yatim.

As it moved west on Dundas, the procession rapidly swelled until it occupied the width of the road for several blocks at a time. (I won't pretend to be any good at crowd estimates. It was 500 people? A thousand?)

Yatim had been gunned down by police at Dundas and Bellwoods, and the rally remained there for some time before a group split off and headed to 14 Division on Dovercourt. Over the next few hours, the assembly at 14 Division gradually dwindled, until only a couple dozen protesters remained.

At around 11 pm, they ordered pizza, which they had delivered to their sit-in outside the police station.

Original Article
Source: NOW
Author: Jonathan Goldsbie
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