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October 14 Toronto Fifteen hundred […]

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1979-10-14

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October 14 Toronto Fifteen hundred people rallied in Nathan Phillips Square and marched to the Ontario Legislature to protest increased racism and police violence against minority groups. Several hundred lesbians and gays participated in the protest. Although some organizers objected to a visible gay presence at the rally, Rev. Brent Hawkes spoke to the crowd on the common problems gays and racial minorities had with the Metro police. Demonstrators called for the establishment of a civilian review board with ethnic representation to review complaints against the police, as well as the resignation of Police Commissioners Phil Givens and Paul Godfrey, and Police Chief Harold Adamson.

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Queen's Park Ontario Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario Nathan Philips Square Toronto

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Paul Godfrey Harold Adamson Philip Givens Brent Hawkes

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Toronto Police Service

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Paul Weinberg and Barbara Hurd, "Rally Attacks Racism 'Cancer': Gays, Natives Join March on 'John Waynes,'" Toronto Clarion, 17–30 October 1979, pp. 1–2.Robert Trow, "Minorities Join in City Hall Rally to Protest Racism, Police Violence," Body Politic, no. 58 (1979), p. 14 Peter Maloney, "Police and Minorities," Metro Community News 6 (12 October 1979): 1, 15

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