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G20 protestor suing Toronto police for $1.6 million
Remember that summit thing that everyone was talking about a couple months ago? Well one woman hasn't forgotten, and she's asking for $1.6 million.
Natalie Gray, 20, is suing Toronto Police for allegedly being shot with two rubber bullets while peacefully protesting at the temporary Eastern Ave. detention centre during the G20 summit weekend. Gray, who is from Montreal, was charged with obstructing a peace officer, but the charge was withdrawn last month.
According to the Toronto Sun, Gray is seeking $275,000 for assault and battery, $100,000 for unlawful arrest and detention, $25,000 for "the violation of her right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure," $200,000 for "malicious prosecution, or alternatively, negligent investigation," $50,000 for out-of-pocket expenses (that must have been one pricey bus pass) and $1,000,000 in punitive damages "as a result of the outrageous abuse of power and high-handed treatment of the plaintiff by the defendants."
An alleged attack on peaceful protesters shouldn't be overlooked. But $1.6 million? Of course, a larger-than-life sense of entitlement is totally priceless.
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Her lawyer must be taking about two-thirds of that, in the name of Xenu.
In any case, I fear this poor girl is spending more to pay her lawyer than she'll ever get from this lawsuit.
The amount is still ridiculous. I'll take a dozen rubber bullets for over a million bucks. Beats working (rather than protesting) for a living.
Yes, one of her lawyers defended $cientology.
grow up BlogTo.
Maybe they'll notice after 1000 of these lawsuits when they can't get a new watercannon.
Sounds like what she's really suing for is attention.
This case is going to get tossed out so quickly it might break the sound barrier.
For those taking shots at blogTO maybe it's time you grew up a little bit yourself and realized all these "independent journalists" AKA nobodys with blogs are just doing this for attention. I spend a large portion each day reading the news as part of my job and I am absolutely sick of all the ignorance I see from g20 protest idiots and their supporters. I know it's hard when you've got an IQ of 6, but please read this and show it to all your brain dead friends.
1.Go to google
2.Search for "charter of rights and freedoms"
3.Read #1.
4.Go get a dictionary
5.look up "reasonable" and "limits"
6.shut up and get a job
However, they are not givig any presidence, to this woman's Rights uner the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms!
Are you saying blogTO, this lady has no rights?
I also see that you have taken it upon your blog to decide what the amounts her lawsuits should be, where you there to witness what "assult and battery", she suffered?
Did you stop to consider possibly her lawyer suggested the amounts?
Do you know more about the law than her lawyer? Have you passed the barr!
TOblog has tried Natalie Gray and found her not worthy of compensation for he denial of her rights?
In other words you are against, Canadian citizens having rights? It's a good thing you don't depend on sales traffic for your blog!
I for one would reccomend everyone ignore your narrow minded publication!
Do you consider yourself an Elitist?
But instead she chooses to exaggerate and possible outright lie (running away? really?). She takes a pure example of excessive force and taints it. And you know what? The courts don't really like being lied to. Her exaggerating and lies will be used against her and all the other people who were arrested unlawfully that weekend.
I repeat: <b>Please stop exaggerating your stories. Stop lying. You don't. Have. To. You only make yourself look bad and the rest of the supporters look bad by proxy. Stop it.</b>