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therealflydog.bsky.social
They don't really serve you, and they rarely protect.
#ACAB #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
August 1, 2024 at 5:21 PM
gigim.bsky.social
I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

POLICE 👏🏾 BRUTALITY 👏🏾 IS 👏🏾 ALWAYS 👏🏾 THE 👏🏾 FAULT 👏🏾 OF 👏🏾 THE 👏🏾 POLICE.

Always.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
gigim.bsky.social
If you are in Toronto and available to be at the Church of the Holy Trinity (behind the Eaton Centre), there is about to be a violent encampment clearing.

All hands on deck.

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #CommunityDefence #TorontoActions #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Wherein a new batch of people discover why legal observers exist, and that maybe they should request us for actions that are likely to involve cops.

orangehats.noblogs.org

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #DefundThePolice
March 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
gigim.bsky.social
1/🧵

Spent some quality time with a couple hundred friends at the offices of the Globe and Mail.

#Toronto #TorontoActions

#FreePalestine #EndTheSiege #GenocideIsNotDefence
#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
January 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
gigim.bsky.social
A year and a half ago a racist dumped a bucket of paint on me as I legal observed at an Indigenous action to #SearchtheLandFills

Here's what it's like dealing with a racist system.

gigi.noblogs.org/post/2025/01...

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #FuckThePolice
Me, covered in white paint, literally from head to toe. The cops who refuse to look un my direction.
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
gigim.bsky.social
TFW you are a keeper of an ongoing list of injuries caused by cops at protests, and you hear this motherfucker say this shit.

Since Jan 2024, unlikely all.

#Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice #FuckYouDemkiw
August 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
gigim.bsky.social
My thread on Mastodon about last night's event with the mothers of people murdered by cops.

It was an evening of sorrow and love, and importantly, community.

It covered Canadian history, personal stories, shared grief, and glimmers of hope.

kolektiva.social/@Gigi/113925...

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kolektiva.social
February 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Kicking off #BlackHistoryMonth with an action in solidarity with the people of Congo.

Can't wait to see what TPS thinks is an appropriate response.

#TPS100Recommendations0Action
#Toronto #TorontoActions #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #LOLife #LegalObservers
Flyer for today's demonstration at Yonge-Dundas: Toronto Stands With Congo 2PM Congo bleeds because of Western greed.
February 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
gigim.bsky.social
And yesterday's police brutality was so that a NAZI RALLY could march through the streets of #Toronto.

Meet Gus Stefanis.
He's a Nazi.

He was the head of the Canadian Nationalist Party, before it got deregistered by Elections Canada.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
Crowd shot from yesterday's Canada first rally with police to the left. Zoomed in image from the previous shot to focus on one specific person, Gus Stephanis.
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
gigim.bsky.social
POVERTY 👏🏾 IS 👏🏾 AN 👏🏾 INVENTION 👏🏾 THAT 👏🏾 REQUIRES 👏🏾 ENFORCEMENT.

That's why we have police.

That's why HALF the budget for shelters SAT IN THE BANK LAST YEAR UNSPENT.

It's intentional.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice
Banner drop at City Hall
February 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
gigim.bsky.social
The TPS Can Eat Shit Tour starts now.

youtu.be/sOxTm58JXls

Still getting the media release up on our site.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle
CBC | Canada First Anti-Immigration Nazi Rally |
YouTube video by Movement Media Hub
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
orangehats.bsky.social
1/5
Police brutality is designed to make people feel alone and afraid to show up to fight systems of oppression.

We're especially seeking reports from the police violence that took place at Casa Loma on May 27, 2025.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists
HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED BY TPS AT A 2025 PROTEST? We're tracking and reporting on the injuries cops cause protestors.
June 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
gigim.bsky.social
The new org we're building has a mandate to track and publicly call out police tactics.

New year. New org.
Same old shitty cop behaviour.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice
January 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Hello bsky!
Let me introduce you to the hashtag #SelfInvestigationUnit

It appears quite often with #FuckThePolice and #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe when the motherfuckers clear themselves of wrong-doing.

www.thestar.com/news/crime/s...
SIU clears police in death of ‘gentle giant’
Two police officers involved in an altercation that led to the death of a mentally disabled man have been cleared of wrongdoing by the Special Investigations Unit.
www.thestar.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
gigim.bsky.social
I am soul tired today.

Here's the excuse for today's police brutality.

#FuckThePolice #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle
April 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
gigim.bsky.social
May as well start sharing the
Today in #FuckThePolice

Guess who probably started the #Montréal car fires everyone is raging about.

montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle
Montreal police backtrack on who caused fires during Friday's protest
Police had initially blamed demonstrators for setting cars on fire, but now say they cannot confirm that and are investigating.
montrealgazette.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:55 PM
gigim.bsky.social
2/

There was a wildcat strike this morning in solidarity with CUPW workers in #Toronto

12 Division functioned as strike breakers, reminding you that #CopsAreNotWorkers

Police protect property and capitalism.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
January 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
gigim.bsky.social
2/

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In the decision released this week, the tribunal ruled that Const. Richard White’s rank of First Class Constable will be reduced to Second Class Constable for a period of two years, one of the highest available penalties short of dismissal.
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Dismissal is preferable.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
November 29, 2024 at 11:00 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Today in #FuckThePolice

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A Toronto cop who “derailed” a criminal investigation by “inaccurately” testifying that he saw drugs in plain view inside a suspect’s car has been demoted for two years
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www.cp24.com/local/toront...

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle
Officer’s inaccurate testimony ‘will undoubtedly tarnish the image of the Toronto Police Service:’ police tribunal
A Toronto cop who “derailed” a criminal investigation by “inaccurately” testifying that he saw drugs in plain view inside a suspect’s car has been demoted for two years after pleading guilty to discre...
www.cp24.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
gigim.bsky.social
2/🧵

Spice level today was reasonable and we skipped the police brutality today, which was nice.

Confusing presence of CSST (crime scene) officers.

#Toronto #TorontoActions

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice
Large banner in front of a glass building reads The Globe and Mail is stained with blood Cops inside once the action ended
January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
orangehats.bsky.social
2/2

As always, a reminder that if you've been entered by the police at a protest, we're keeping track of the stats. They're anonymized, so don't let that keep you from speaking to us.

The cops rely on scaring people into silence.

DM us for our Signal ID.

Solidarity, yo.

#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
This as yet unidentified cop punching the shit out of a legal observer. Constable m Carter, pushing a protester down and breaking his hip. Accompanying image is a screenshot from Toronto today news article. Headline reads: SIU investigating after protestor injured and interaction with officer Not injuring people seems like such a low bar. Until TPS gets their shit together: keep filming. Keep reporting. Keep showing up. Will be there with you. Orange Hats.
March 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
orangehats.bsky.social
As in everyday life, much of the police violence at protests has targeted the racialized communities that come out against settler colonialism and white supremacy.

#SystemicRacism #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
TPS reached a new misogynistic, anti-Muslim low by pulling one person's hijab so hard that it caused bruising on their neck. From very little accountability to zero accountability Despite legal requirements to do so, TPS officers submit few Use of Force reports about the injuries they cause at protests The Police Use of Force Race-Based Data, Ontario Data Catalogue is fully searchable by the public. In previous years, violent assaults on protesters have gone entirely unreported. A search on events that had multiple serious injuries, including loss of consciousness, such as Land Day 2024, returns no reports. Despite the racialized nature and composition of most Toronto protests, police circumvent the Anti-Racism Act, 2017, which requires the Solicitor General to collect and analyze race-based data in police use of force incidents, by simply declining to file Use of Force reports.
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
orangehats.bsky.social
We've been quiet, but we've been busy. We've reworked some of our sessions to more accurately reflect the world in which we live.

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First up: Know Your Rights.
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(For the fuller preamble, see:)
kolektiva.social/@OrangeHats/...

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Changes to our Know Your Rights (KYR) workshops. From Orange Hats. You wouldn't need to know your rights if police didn't violate them. Our KYR workshops used to end with a section on "The Limitations of Knowing Your Rights" analyzing the Neptune Four story. Our new workshops are now based on the understanding that "rights are for the court" and cops have no qualms about ignoring them. The primary reason to know your rights is so that you can recognize when they are being violated. Our KYR workshops centre the experiences of participants so we can build a mutual understanding of the ways in which police have traditionally violated their rights and will likely continue to violate rights of people in the community. What to do when you know your rights are being violated Once you are aware that your rights are being violated by the police, you need options for what to do and how to document the malfeasance. This is what the last part of our training consists of: giving you the knowledge and tools to make that violation COUNT.
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
gigim.bsky.social
Hey #Toronto
There's another Nazi rally tomorrow, Sankofa Square, 12:30.

I hope you're planning to show up, make some noise, and let the cops know how you feel about them repeatedly beating people for opposing racist extremists.

#TorontoActions #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #FuckNazis
WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? SEYED VORUDI Arrested February 2026 for allegedly assaulting a Black man. Arrested February 2024 for allegedly posting anti-Jewish and 2SLGBTQ+ flyers. MARCHED AT THE SEPTEMBER 2025 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST. WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? GUS STEFANIS Former leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, a white nationalist populist party with a stated purpose, "to improve the social and economic conditions of an ethnocentric Canada" by maintaining the demographic majority status of European Canadians. MARCHED AT THE JANUARY 2026 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST. WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? ANDREW BENSON Noted for the spider web tattoo on the back of his hand and repeated appearances at anti-LGBTQI+ protests and White Lives Matter banner drops, Benson is a long-term Neo-Nazi. MARCHED AT THE JANUARY 2026 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST. WHICH NAZIS WILL Toronto Police Service PROTECT AT THIS WEEK'S CANADA FIRST RALLY? "We want to put our people first. We want to put our needs first," he said. Ron Bouwmeister, an attendee of the Canada First rally, said he's protesting for his grandkids, "My kids, my grandkids are blonde. I was blonde, Now you look [at] all the schools, there's no blonde people anymore. That's wrong because we need a mixture." he said. "I want my Canada back." CBC.ca removed these paragraphs from their article posted January 10, 2026 about the attendees of the last Nazi rally. MARCHED AT THE JANUARY 2026 CANADA FIRST HATEFEST.
February 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM