Toronto police questioned after summit arrests

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Source: AP

TORONTO – Civil liberties groups called for an investigation of police conduct Tuesday following the arrest of 900 people during the massive and sometimes violent protests at the global economic summits over the weekend.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association called for a public inquiry Tuesday into security operations at the G-20 and G-8 summits, which resulted in the largest mass arrests in Canadian history and included the use of tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters.

"We have police brutality, illegal searches, arbitrary detentions, people being asked all sorts of questions and being harassed," Nathalie Des Rosiers, general council for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, said Tuesday. "It's unconstitutional, it's illegal and it should not happen."

The group, which had 50 human rights monitors at the protests to observe police behavior, also called for an apology to those claiming their civil liberties were trampled. It said in a statement that police conduct was "at times, disproportionate, arbitrary and excessive."

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"POLICE BRUTALITY, ILLEGAL SEARCHES, ARBITRARY DETENTIONS, ..." But it's the protesters fault, RIGHT?

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