Hard disagree on this one. Community safety is absolutely part of the mayor's job. It's unfortunate that we by and large assume that police hold all the answers to 'keeping our community safe' and arguments like this strengthen that unfortunate narrative. #WatReg #Policing https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/tactical-officer-at-waterloo-party-a-sign-of-the-times/article_166ce112-9092-5433-a2f6-8a1ae8da323b.html

Instant reaction & summary at the end of the first day of the Undercover Policing Inquiry questioning unrepentant abuser #spycops officer HN18 Robert Hastings.

Using the name 'Rob Harrison' he infiltrated groups in London 2004-07, including Palestinian solidarity & anti-capitalist organisations.

He will be questioned for two more days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdMhjxXW3s

#ucpi #undercoverpolicinginquiry #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #spy #spying #corruption #cointel #activism

Spycops inquiry reaction: end of 24 Mar 2026 - HN18 Robert Hastings evidence (day 1/3)

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Live from the afternoon break at the #spycops public inquiry is questioning officer HN18 Robert Hastings (undercover in anti-capitalist & Palestinian solidarity groups, as well as family justice campaigns, 2004-7).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Zapmni-1E

#ucpi #undercoverpolicinginquiry #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #spy #spying #corruption #cointel #activism

Spycops inquiry reaction: afternoon of 24 Mar 2026 - HN18 Robert Hastings evidence (day 1/3)

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Lunchbreak summary from the Undercover Policing Inquiry where spycop Robert Hastings, deployed 2004-7 into anti-capitalists and Palestinian solidarity groups, has been showing that even today he does not want to apologise for any of the harm he inflicted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2uRfxc6buQ

#ucpi #undercoverpolicinginquiry #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #spy #spying #corruption #cointel #activism

Spycops inquiry reaction: lunchtime of 24 Mar 2026 - HN18 Robert Hastings evidence (day 1/3)

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Live from the Undercover Policing Inquiry, summary of the first morning of 3 days questioning #spycops officer HN18 Robert Hastings who was undercover in the mid 2000s & like his erstwhile colleagues, he is unrepentant & very angry at being held to account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCPP-YfGrHg

#ucpi #undercoverpolicinginquiry #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #spy #spying #corruption #cointel #activism

Spycops inquiry reaction: morning of 24 Mar 2026 - HN18 Robert Hastings evidence (day 1/3)

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"In the first seven months of his second term, authorities arrested and detained parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children."

"[A]verage of more than 50 U.S. citizen kids a day with a parent pulled into detention."
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Authors: Jeff Ernsthausen, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Mica Rosenberg, & Gabriel Sandoval
Publication: ProPublica
March 23, 2026
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#USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #DomesticViolence
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-family-deportations-ice-citizen-kids

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

ProPublica
"Six men began their abuse of young orphans on one coast of Canada, then by a travesty of justice were sent to the opposite side of the country, where they allegedly abused [200] more boys."
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Author: Michael Harris
Publication: The Tyee @thetyee
March 23, 2026
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#BritishColumbia #NewfoundlandLabrador #Canada #Housing #Policing #Education #Courts #SexualViolence
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/23/Mount-Cashel-Continuing-Saga-Abuse-Conspiracy/
Mount Cashel’s Continuing Saga of Abuse and Conspiracy | The Tyee

Efforts to hide orphanage horrors in Newfoundland resonate 50 years after in a $30-million BC lawsuit.

The Tyee

"March 21 marked the two-year anniversary of Dexter Reed's death."

"[T]wo uncomfortable realities remain: one, the standardized practice of pretextual traffic stops contributed to Mr. Reed's death; two, pretextual stops are still rampant across Chicago."
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Authors: Olatunji Oboi Reed & Lisa Sharon Harper
Publication: The TRiiBE
March 23, 2026
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#Illinois #USA #Transportation #Policing
https://thetriibe.com/2026/03/letter-chicago-we-must-end-pretextual-stops/

LETTER: Chicago, we must end pretextual stops • The TRiiBE

March 21 marked the two-year anniversary of Dexter Reed’s death. Pretextual stops are still rampant across Chicago.

The TRiiBE

"Their friend died in front of them."

"Six months later, the five young people, still affected by the events, sued the City of Longueuil and its police department."

"At night, 'he has nightmares where the police show up at his house and kill him.'"
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Authors: Lela Savić & Elsa Iskander
Publication: La Converse
March 23, 2026
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#Quebec #Canada #Policing #Courts
https://www.laconverse.com/en/articles/mort-de-nooran-rezayi---quatre-meres-et-leurs-adolescents-poursuivent-la-ville-de-longueuil-et-son-service-de-police-et-reclament-des-reponses

Death of Nooran Rezayi — Four mothers and their teenagers sue the City of Longueuil and its police department and demand answers | Articles | La Converse

Cinq adolescents marqués par la mort de Nooran Rezayi poursuivent Longueuil et la police pour 1,9 M$.