April Toronto The Royal Commission […]
When
1975-04
Description
April Toronto The Royal Commission into Metropolitan Toronto Police Practices began hearings under Ontario Supreme Court Justice Donald Morand. Pat Murphy testified concerning mistreatment during her arrest as one of the Brunswick Four. The Commission's report was released on June 30,1976, and concluded that in the case of the Brunswick Four the police officers had not used excessive force and that the women had been abusive to the police.
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November 1 Toronto Constable Robert […]January 5 Toronto During amateur […]All Places
TorontoAll People
Patricia MurphyDonald MorandAll Organizations
Royal Commission into Metropolitan Toronto Police PracticesToronto Police ServiceBrunswick FourSupreme Court of OntarioAll Citations
Becki L. Ross, The House That Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995). P- 156 n.28.Michael Riordon, "Gay Woman Recounts Police Violence," Body Politic, no. 18 (1975), p. 8;"Inquiry Told Women Derided as Lesbians," Toronto Star, four star ed., 8 April 1975, p. C27;Vianney Carriere, "Three Women Assaulted, Taunted as Lesbians, Child-Care Worker Testifies at Police Probe," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 8 April 1975, p. 5;Vianney Carriere, "Lawyer, Pub Manager Disagree over Reaction to Song: 'Sophisticated, Witty' or Cause for Riot?" Globe and Mail, metro ed., 9 April 1975, p. 4;Vianney Carriere, "Heard Fellow Constables Jeering at 4 Women, Policeman Testifies," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 10 April 1975, p. 57;
