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Mark Fenton, G20 police officer behind mass arrests, guilty of discreditable conduct
Toronto police superintendent accused of misconduct for 'kettling' mass arrests
CBC News Posted: Aug 25, 2015 6:49 AM ET| Last Updated: Aug 25, 2015 11:25 AM ET
Police working at the G20 in Toronto in 2010 arrested hundreds of demonstrators, but many were never charged.
Police working at the G20 in Toronto in 2010 arrested hundreds of demonstrators, but many were never charged. (Canadian Press)
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A disciplinary hearing has found a high-ranking Toronto police officer who ordered two mass arrests of protesters at the G20 in 2010 guilty of discreditable conduct and unnecessary exercise of authority.
Retired Ontario Superior Court judge John Hamilton handed down his ruling in the case of Supt. Mark Fenton on Tuesday morning at police headquarters.
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Fenton, with Toronto Police Services, was found guilty of three of the five charges against him.
While delivering his verdict, Hamilton said Fenton is committed to serving the public, but has a lack of understanding of the public's right to protest.
Fenton was a major incident commander in charge of the downtown core on June 26 and 27, 2010, when police officers used the so-called kettling tactic to surround and arrest hundreds of protesters, most of whom were never charged.
Fenton's police disciplinary hearing was originally slated to begin in 2012, but was delayed for over two years before it started last November. The officer had pleaded not guilty to all Police Services Act charges against him.
The charges stem from two mass arrests in the downtown core. The first, on June 26, was ordered hours after a small group of vandals smashed windows and set police cruisers ablaze. Fenton ordered officers to box in protesters in front of a downtown hotel.
More than 260 people were arrested and taken to a makeshift prisoner processing centre, which came under severe criticism for its deplorable conditions.
The second incident occurred the next day when, six minutes after coming on shift, Fenton ordered police to keep scores of people standing for hours at a downtown intersection despite a severe thunderstorm that left them drenched.
"The order made in each case was, the evidence will show, indiscriminate," prosecution lawyer Brendan van Niejenhuis told Fenton's disciplinary hearing.
More than 1,000 people were detained over the summit weekend in what is considered the largest mass arrest in Canada's peacetime history.
With files from The Canadian Press
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