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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 12:52 PM
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CBC: Family hit by G20 raid say police overreached
A Toronto veterinarian says police conducting a raid on anti-G20 protesters stormed into his home early Saturday, confronted him at gunpoint and handcuffed him — only to release him when they realized he had not been involved in any protest activity.

Dr. John Booth said the raid occurred at around 4 a.m. Saturday at his family's apartment in a three-storey house at 143 Westminster Ave. near Roncesvalles Avenue.

Booth, 30, lives with his wife, Dr. Hannah Booth, 31, and his six-month-old son in the top two floors of the house.

"I thought it was a bad dream. Basically I woke up, and there were four police officers in my room," Booth told CBC News.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/26/police-booth-raid426.html
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RedSock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 07:54 PM
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1. house raids
shades of the house raids in iraq and afghanistan.

cops claimed they had warrants, but never produced them.
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