KING AND BAY THIS AFTERNOON
A peaceful protest at King and Bay (LUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR)
3:26 p.m. Toronto jail conditions "Deplorable"
Legal observer from Toronto Mobilization Network is calling conditions in at the Eastern Ave. detention centre "deplorable." He says arrested protesters "often not being given timely access to counsel."
At a news conference in Parkdale, he says protesters being denied water to drink for up to eight hours and are being crammed into small cells.
Hundreds in a bike rally near Queen's Park today (STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR)
3:25 p.m. "Confrontation is Welcome "
The web page for the group Fire Works for Prisons organizing the 5 p.m. demonstration at the Bruce Mackey Park, also called the Jimmie Simpson Park, on Dundast Street E.,
offers their strategy for the event.
"Representatives of media are not" welcome and anyone who films somone "without their consent will be confronted."
They say: "We are encouraging people to come organized with intention, to make this project their own," said the organizers on their web page. "Bring what you want to the demo: plans, noisemakers, banners, chants, and above all your passion for freedom. Confrontation is welcome."
The organizers say: "Prison is everywhere; it is nothing more than a reflection of the society in which we live. It is a daily threat and reality that has permeated every facet of society. With the deepening of surveillance, the integration of police forces, the increased use of private security, the existence of courts, repression and isolation, the walls of prison are already built around us.
"We’ll see you in the streets!"
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