It was a defensive Chief Bill Blair who met reporters in the atrium of
Toronto police headquarters on Wednesday. A scathing report on police
conduct during the G20 protests in 2010 had just been released. It found
that disorganized, poorly trained police had often trampled on the
rights of protesters and sometimes resorted to excessive force.
Did the chief care to apologize? Would he acknowledge that police
sometimes acted outside the law? Did he have any sense of regret?
No, no and no. “Generally – I think overwhelmingly – the rights of our
citizens were protected that weekend,” he said. Asked if he agreed with
the report's finding that police had acted unlawfully on several
occasions during the G20, he replied: “No. That has not been proven at
all.”
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