Sakura Saunders (CorpWatch, USA) and Natalie Lowrey (Friends of the Earth Australia) peacefully hand out Alternative Barrick Annual reports to shareholders entering Barrick Gold's AGM in Toronto, Canada. Cops move in and use excessive force to arrest Sakura Saunders.
@sakuras1979 no one can criticise your response to this attack. Very saddened to hear that the guy who came to your aid was sexually assaulted by the police. Did either of you receive any justice for this attack? Were the offensive police reprimanded, penalised? Or is this wound still bleeding?
chillshack 5 days ago
@jerv41 actually, I found out later that there is a strip of public property there. the cops lied to me.
sakuras1979 3 months ago
@missnluvyou2010 you say that I used passive resistance like that is a bad thing. Yes, I went limp. Yes, I was taken by surprise. Yes, I was illegally searched by the police (they are supposed to have females search me). What's worse is that the guy that walked up and asked them to not use excessive force - HE GOT STRIPED SEARCH. (And btw – strip searching is a nice way of saying that he was forced to get naked and grab his ankles while they searched his anus).
sakuras1979 3 months ago
Um, since when is standing in a sidewalk trespassing? She wasn't threatening anyone. Why did police feel this person should be arrested?
rappy7 3 months ago
how did this creep pass the personality test, imagine if his wife pissed him off???
woofmanning123 7 months ago 2
The question here is why she was arrested (aside from the obvious resisting arrest) the force used was exactly proportional to the resistance received. This was practically textbook. Where she was standing when the officer placed his hand on her is significant.
Billythewookie 1 year ago
looks good on you !
thenat320 1 year ago
I'm so sorry this happened to you ... the cops were way over the top here ...
merryprankster60 1 year ago
hey sakura ... ya gotta start wearing the ol' black suit when confronting these guys ... I mean the Bay St Suits ...
merryprankster60 1 year ago
Bravo Sakura..... no one still knows what point you were trying to get across other than you looking like a fool. Hopefully you'll learn from this experience.
missnluvyou2010 1 year ago