G20 Community Relations Group in Action

Talk about a PR failure. These people in the green jackets were appointed to act as liaisons and outreach between the ISU (Integrated Security Unit) and the activists and protesters. Yet they apparently knew nothing about the police tactics or policies, and they had nothing to offer the public by way of counsel or education.

I interviewed these three as they were standing about doing nothing while citizens were being brutally assaulted and illegally detained by cops outside the Convergence Centre on Queen W. on Sunday June 27 at approx. 3PM.

I was hoping they might be able to explain to me their role and purpose, and this is what pathetic morsel one could offer. The others completely refused to engage.

Thankfully a bystander took the opportunity to share his view, on the record.

So it would appear that while the Emperor's foot soldiers wear no clothes, they do on occassion wear green jackets. And they hand out nifty cards. The one they gave me featured the following information:

Constable Ramin Singh #9763

G20 Community Relations Group

40 College St., Toronto, ON M5G 2J3

Telephone: 1-888-4666-4047

Mobile: 416-569-9245

Email: ramin.singh@torontopolice.on.ca

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They are stationed there to be "impartial" witnesses. If any officers wind up in court because of all the abuse the Community Relations Group will step in and say that it is not true.

The Toronto PD has a youtube channel and it is filling with videos of CRG members giving soft-spoken first hand accounts of how upset they are that the protesters backed the police against the wall until the police had no choice but to push back.

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God bless those liasons! Without them, we might have had a breach of basic human rights... oops, nevermind.