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CAS used as threat
November 14, 2003 permalink
The following article from the Toronto Star about police politicking contains four paragraphs late in the article suggesting that the police threaten people with Children's Aid to gain submissiveness in matters unrelated to child abuse. Here only the four relevant paragraphs are included.
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Nov. 14, 2003. 01:00 AM
Police blasted over endorsements
Lawyer groups ask province to clarify legislation Backing politicians called violation of conduct codeJACK LAKEY
CITY HALL BUREAUAfter Morton and Copeland completed their flaying of the police association, about 25 members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty entered the board room and interrupted the meeting, chanting "Hands off our kids."
Led by John Clarke, the OCAP group protested police tactics used last weekend near the Don Jail during a demonstration for affordable housing. OCAP member Jeff Shantz said police arrested him, his partner and their toddler son, and threatened to turn the child over to Children's Aid, apparently on the premise that the child's presence at the political event proved the parents were unfit.
Shantz alleged the threat of permanent removal of the child was blackmail, a crude attempt to deny parents their rights of assembly and free speech.
The protest yesterday lasted a few minutes before officers escorted the group out.
