Queers confront Blair at police 'pride' celebration 4:30pm
When: TODAY - 4:30pm, June 29, 2010
Where: The 519 Community Centre (519 Church St @ Wellesley)
What: Queers Question the Police!
Amid calls for his resignation, today police chief Bill Blair is speaking at The 519 to celebrate "Toronto Police Pride". Queer and trans people will be there to confront Blair. We are NOT proud of Toronto Police Services, whose shameful conduct was highlighted during the G20. We REFUSE to be used in 'pink-washing' attempts to cover-up police violence against marginalized communities every day of the year!
Protest sexual assault of women, men & transfolks, racist violence, denial of constitutional & human rights, including the right to free speech and assembly, to protest, to have access to an ASL interpreter or other interpreters, to see a lawyer and know what you are being charged with, to receive proper care when imprisoned - the whole world watched Toronto Police Services commit these human rights violations during the G20.
Most of all, come to protest the *day to day* police violence experienced by First Nations/Metis/Inuit peoples, the poor, sex workers, racialized folks, disabled people, drug users, queers, transfolk, newcomers to Canada, people without status, and so on, by police and others! Toronto police perpetrate this violence every day of the year.
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The G8/G20 meetings took place in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. Toronto-based organizations of women, people of colour, indigenous peoples, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people and disabled people organized a peoples convergence with 40,000 people taking to the streets, standing up for justice in collaboration and solidarity!
Activists, community members, inspired and outraged individuals came together as a movement to demand justice for people and the planet. Over a week of mobilizations, events, workshops and direct actions took place in the face of state and police repression, violence and infringements on rights and freedoms.
We must continue to mobilize and build greater solidarity among our communities- an important part of this is supporting all those arrested during the G20 summit, including our allies still in detention, and those released on bail.