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1) I called 52 Division repeatedly and couldn’t get through. So I got on the subway & went there to understand the situation. I ask you, for a moment, to put aside whether or not you agree with throwing paint on a statue. Because what I witnessed today, should concern all of us..
2) I stood next to the detainees’lawyer, who was denied access to her clients. I was told that one of them was going to be kept overnight, even though she has a medical condition. When their lawyer asked to speak with her clients, she was told that she would have to call the..
3) police division’s front desk, that again, no one could get through to all afternoon. When their lawyer asked to speak with the officer in charge, and had custody of her clients, she was told that he was busy and that everything was going through corporate communications...
4) When we asked another officer to see if their lawyer could have access to her clients, he said he would go and speak with his colleagues, and never returned. What I witnessed today was not only a learning experience, it was deeply disturbing...
5/5) This can’t go on this way. We have a responsibility to change this. We will change this. This is about a basic and reasonable expectation of justice, and access to legal representation.
