From Gismodo:  Are cameras the new guns?

In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer.

Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even if the ( Read more... )

From cbc.ca:  Four journalists have filed complaints with Ontario's police watchdog, alleging physical assaults and threats of sexual violence by police during the Toronto G20 summit, their lawyer says.

According to Miller's complaint, the Montreal-based freelance journalist for the Dominion was covering a group of demonstrators who were detained ( Read more... )

From the Facebook page:

The police will no longer allow Musicians to play on Granville street Friday and Saturday nights. The permits only allow anyone to perform until 10pm, but on Granville street they used to let artists play tell 2 am Fridays and Saturdays.(The nights that artists make most of their living) They have fined artists($250 fines ( Read more... )

A woman came into our store yesterday, wearing a t-shirt that read "My Vancouver Includes The Downtown East Side", which brought a smile to my face.  She told me that she works at an office in the DTES that provides assistance to First Nations people living with HIV/AIDS, and that they've noticed that a lot more of their clients are being picked up ( Read more... )