Activist and journalist Benjamin Nolan has witnessed a shift in Police tactics over the past two years, particularly in how they deal with Palestinian solidarity protestors. Toronto Police won't admit to any of it and mainstream media fail to tell both sides, which has left an obvious gap in report Ben wants to step up and help fill.

He goes over his recent piece in The Grind, Police Chief Plays Loose with the Truth in Call in Show, which opens up a lot of discussions about police violence, their use of the knee-on-neck technique and just what TPS thinks 'proportionate' responses are to peaceful protests.

Ben also provides firsthand accounts of Police overreaching their authority and not following the law, as well as reports back on the amount of injuries

Hosted by: Jessa McLean

Calls to Action:

• Support the Toronto Community Justice Fund; and,
• Attend a Fundraiser Seminar in support of the Community Justice Collective, Copaganda: How Police and Media Manipulate our News

Related Episodes:

• Unverified: The Grind Exposes New Lows in Canadian Media (Oct 2024), Dave Grey-Donald goes over his months long investigation into the reporting surrounding October 7, 2023;
• Neighborhoods for Palestine (May 2024), Ben's first appearance on the show alongside four comrades organizing close to home for a Free Palestine.
• Weaponizing Canadian Law for Israel (Jul 2024), Martin Lukacs from the Breach talks about Project Resolute and the secret committee that drives it.

More Resources:

• Bubble Zones: Confiding Protests
• BBC: Palestine Action Protest Arrests Over 500
• Inside Project Resolute, Canada's crack down on Palestine speech
• The Breach: Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestine activists in Toronto
• Toronto Police “Caused a Riot” Outside 51 Division After Pro-Palestinian Protest of UJA Event - The Grind Magazine

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