Charges Dropped Against Nine Arrested at Pro-Palestine Protest - The Grind Magazine

Organizers say these arrests are another example of police overreach and that they are being used as justification for ongoing repression. Toronto police call the arrests “lawful, justified…

Indigenous organizations rallied downtown on Oct. 8 to support Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree/Dene harm reduction worker. Agnew was kidnapped by the Israeli military while aboard the international Freedom Flotilla ship Conscience, which was attempting to deliver essential medical supplies to Gaza. Photo: Joshua Best Advertisement Criminal charges against nine people who were arrested during an Indigenous-led, pro-Palestine demonstration in Toronto last fall have been dropped. The arrests occurred on Oct. 8, 2025, near the Global Affairs Canada office at Queen Street and University Avenue, where hundr

related reading

• Investigationsforensic-architecture.org
• Ontario government call for Toronto police to crack down on protests puts free expression at risk: expert | CBC Newscbc.ca
• Lawyers Urge RCMP to Arrest Former Israeli Politicians Ahead of Munk Debates - The Grind Magazinethegrindmag.ca
• Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstratorsbreachmedia.ca
• I can't sleepblog.paulbiggar.com
• The Poster Movement: A lonely protest in Beijing echoed by politically awakening Chinese students overseas | Archives | dailycal.orgdailycal.org
• No Human Being Can Exist | Saree Makdisinplusonemag.com
• Dispatches from the Northwestern University Liberated Zonedrdevonprice.substack.com
• The Pussy Palace Raid: A Brief Herstory - The ArQuivesarquives.ca
• Killing of Renée Good - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
• No charges in death of Ejaz Choudry, 62-year-old shot and killed by police while in crisis | CBC Newscbc.ca
• Undercover in Patriot Prayer: Insights From a Vancouver Democrat Who's Been Working Against the Far-Right Group from the Insideportlandmercury.com