SI NO ESTAIS PREVENIDO ANTE LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN, OS HARAN AMAR AL OPRESOR Y ODIAR AL OPRIMIDO. – MALCOLM X

                                           

Published on May 22, 2015

Caracas, mayo 22- El escritor ruso Daniel Estulin afirmó que los tradicionales medios de comunicación de masas están perdiendo cada vez más terreno, puesto que les está costando mantener la atención de un público y hacerle creer lo que cuentan.

Durante una entrevista ofrecida en el programa Dossier que transmite Venezolana de Televisión, cuestionó que el periodismo de los medios de masas haya perdido casi completamente cualquier tipo de credibilidad, puesto que las noticias que salen como verdad tan solo representan entre un 35% y 38%.

“Esta cambiando lo que eran los medios de comunicación de masa antes y lo que es la comunicación en los medios de hoy, los medios de masa están perdiendo terreno cada vez más y les está costando cada vez más mantener la atención y hacernos creer lo que nos están contando”, dijo.

Refirió que los grandes medios privados forman parte de la élite mundial “y es totalmente lógico que ellos no tienen ninguna obligación, ni la necesidad para contar la verdad a nadie, su objetivo es defender los intereses de sus amos, que al fin y al cabo son los tipos que les pagan los sueldos”.

Explicó que los accionistas de estos medios son los dueños de grandes corporaciones o bancos del mundo, cuyo negocio está más vinculado al lavado de dinero proveniente del tráfico de droga y por lo tanto no tienen nada que ver con medios de comunicación.

El analista ruso aseveró que el concepto de los medios de masa está cambiando drásticamente debido a la tecnología moderna.

“Somos una población cada vez más enteradada y un Smartphone se convierte en un medio de comunicación directamente (…) Cualquier acontecimiento se convierte en un acontecimiento que recorre en un segundo todos los rincones del planeta tierra”, indicó Estulin.

“Internet es un arma de doble filo, porque por un lado tienes una cantidad de información que desde el punto de vista de los medios de masa puedes controlar, pero por otro lado no puedes controlar porque en cualquier momento cualquiera puede colgar cualquier cosa que se convierte en una noticia por muy irreal que sea”, reflexionó.

Apuntó que se ha querido digitalizar la comunicación y en el ámbito de los medios sociales se producen cambios que los dueños de medios de masas no han logrado.

"TORONTO POLICE AND THEIR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY”

TORONTO STAR: Police bodycams hit Toronto streets Monday

Cameras will be activated every time an officer responds to a call for service or is investigating an individual during the course of their duties.

                                                                                  

Toronto Police announced that the pilot project to wear cameras will start next Monday 18 of May, 2015, in which only 100 members of the security force will carry cameras on their uniforms. According to the chief of police the use of body cameras will record the interactions and safety of the police with the public. The controversial pilot plan, devised by the high command of the institution, which will be put into practice with only 100 police officers, could help combat the impunity of the heinous crimes committed by the police, against defenseless citizens and detainees?  If the intention of the police chief and his subordinates is to demonstrate their credibility to "Serve and Protect the Public," all the police force should be equipped with the body folded cameras. The reality is: that we have been victims of the police brutality, or every day we are witnessing the barbaric tactics that the police force are using to brutalize children, youth, women, elderly, disabled people. In addition the public are watching with horror in the streets of this city, in the screens of the televisions, in You Tube… videos recordings of unjustified police beatings against detainees and murders committed in vulnerable people. If seriously the Toronto police chief and their police force are ready, willing to convince and demonstrate to the public the responsibility which they have with the society, the daily use of body wear cameras should be mandatory for the thousands of law-enforcement officers. 

Police bodycams hit Toronto streets Monday

Cameras will be activated every time an officer responds to a call for service or is investigating an individual during the course of their duties.

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Toronto police wear body cameras at a news conference introducing the new devices.

By: Wendy Gillis News reporter, Published on Fri May 15 2015

It is seen as the natural next step in an era when surveillance cameras peer down from buildings and citizens whip out cellphones to record police. On Monday, the Toronto Police Service will join the growing ranks of police forces adopting the latest law-enforcement technology when officers head out onto the streets, cameras rolling.

By the end of May, 100 Toronto police officers across the city will be wearing the increasingly popular policing tool, part of a nearly yearlong pilot project that was a recommendation of the Toronto Police’s use-of-force review that followed the 2013 police shooting of teenager Sammy Yatim.

The small recording device — attached high on the officers’ torso, near the lapel — has a big job: to increase public accountability and enhance trust, provide an unbiased account of public interactions, augment officer and public safety, protect police from unwarranted allegations of misconduct, and more.

“I feel like it’s a very exciting project; I think this has the potential to strengthen the policing profession, and I think it has the potential to strengthen our relations with the community,” said Staff Supt. Tom Russell at a news conference unveiling the cameras Friday.

Toronto police are following forces in Vancouver, Edmonton, Thunder Bay, Hamilton and London that have already launched pilot projects experimenting with the police tool. The Calgary Police Service, one of the earliest adopters in Canada, has moved beyond the experimental stage and expanded the number of body cameras used by their officers from 50 in 2013 to 1,100 today.

But the lightning-fast expansion of the technology across Canada has also prompted a chorus of concern from privacy groups worried about everything from the tool being used as surveillance to potential privacy breaches inside private residences.

Earlier this year, federal and provincial information privacy commissioners issued a set of guidelines for law enforcement agencies, which included a plea for police services to seriously consider whether the technology is even necessary, considering the plethora of privacy concerns.

Russell, who is spearheading the body-worn camera project, assures that Toronto police have carefully considered the privacy implications of the cameras, in consultation with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.

In cases where officers were invited into a private home, for instance, officers will turn off the camera when asked, although the camera stays on during an emergency call inside a home or while police are executing a search warrant.

Police will similarly keep the cameras rolling during interactions in public, though citizens will be told they are being recorded as soon as reasonably possible.

Each officer is in control of turning the recording device off and on, but Russell says the decision of what and when to record has been clearly spelled in procedures drafted to ensure an officer does not simply record when he or she pleases.

Every time an officer responds to a call for service or is investigating an individual during the course of their duties, the cameras are to be activated. The record button is also to be pushed when an officer questions and documents someone not suspected of a crime, a police practice known as “carding.” Officers will not activate their cameras during an informal conversation with a citizen.

If an interaction with the public is not recorded when it should have been, the officer may be subject to a discipline process, Russell said.

Before heading out onto the streets with the cameras, the officers participating in the pilot received training at Toronto Police College, which included running through real-world scenarios ranging from a domestic-dispute call to an impaired-driving stop to a regular traffic stop. Officers also “took the stand” in mock trials using the video.

Const. Neil Robinson, with the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) unit, said it may take some time for him and his colleagues to get used to the technology, but in many ways, the bodycams are nothing new.

“Officers like stability, they like the same thing, but overall it’s not going to change too much in how we do things,” he said. “When we’re in the community and people see us talking to somebody, there’s always another 10 people coming out with their cameras and recording us. So this is just another camera.”

Robinson said that having his own recording device is reassuring, since sometimes citizen video of police interactions may not capture the whole thing.

The cameras will be out in Toronto until the end of March 2016. The results of the experiment will be presented to the Toronto Police Services Board in June.

BODY-WORN CAMERA FAQS

When will they be activated?

The cameras will always be on standby, and activated every time an officer responds to a call for service or is investigating an individual in the course of their duties.

Who will wear them?

100 officers from the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) Rapid Response Teams, from Traffic Services, from 55 Division’s Primary Response Unit and 43 Division’s Community Response Unit. Police said the variety of officers was chosen to ensure the project included a cross-section from the force, and chose cops who regularly interact with the public in a variety of ways.

How long will the video be stored?

Encrypted video will be downloaded at the end of each officer’s shift, held on a secure server at Toronto Police headquarters, and kept for a minimum of one year. However, if the video is required for an investigation it will be flagged and stored for longer.

How much does the pilot project cost?

The project has a budget of $500,000, including cameras, software, docking stations and storage. The pilot project is testing out three types of cameras to decide which one works best for the officers. Each camera costs between $600 and $1,000. There is currently no estimate as to what it will cost to have cameras roll out service-wide.

Can I see the video that an officer has made of me?

The video footage captured by police will be subject to Freedom of Information legislation, meaning citizens can make a request to access a copy.

When can a citizen ask for the camera to be turned off?

In a public place, if a citizen asks for the camera to be turned off, the officer will keep recording if the interaction is one he is required to record. In circumstances where citizens have invited the police into their home but don’t want the camera on, officers will turn it off. However, if officers are in a private home in an emergency situation or while conducting a search warrant, the cameras will be left on.

Do officers have the ability to alter or delete the video?

An officer cannot delete anything on the camera itself. Police say the camera is secure, the video is encrypted, and an officer goes to a docking station and downloads it to a server. The officer does not have the ability to alter, delete or edit the video.

 

Toronto Star: Six questions about the cameras Toronto police will wear

Toronto Star: The use of body cameras by the police it should be mandatory so that they can justify the use of police brutality and extrajudicial executions?

The use of body cameras by the police has to be a pilot project!  Or Rather it should be mandatory so they can justify their vile actions and arbitrary killings?                                                                                           Again with the so called Body Camera Pilot Project the police force with the help of the media is trying to convince the public, that police brutality and murders of vulnerable people at the hands of the police could be justifiable. The question is; why the body cameras will be worn for only 100 police officers well selected by their superiors to behave with the public as Angels, when the Toronto police force is made up of more than 7,000 police officers? Why the body cameras are not applicable in especial for the police officers who have caused physical injuries in innocent people and detainees, or have committed heinous crimes! The Pilot Project of body-worn cameras is a complete farce created by the police, because the public knows very well that the lives of children, youths, mothers, seniors, and detainees, are at risk in anyplace of this city, because of the police brutality and extrajudicial executions.

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    Six questions about the cameras Toronto police will wear                                                                                

One hundred officers will wear body cameras while on duty starting May 18. How will the pilot project work?

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Cnst. Ben Seto models a body-worn video camera. Toronto police have launched a pilot project on wearing cameras. A hundred officers will test three different types of equipment.

By: thestar.com Published on Fri May 15 2015

Toronto police have unveiled a pilot project on cameras worn by police. One hundred officers will test out three types of equipment across the city starting May 18.

The test phase was initiated last September after a review by retired Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci of how police react to people in mental crisis.

Here’s what you need to know about the cameras, and how the project will work:

Who will wear the pilot cameras?

The officers participating are all members of four police divisions: the Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy Rapid Response Teams, 43 Division Community Response Unit, 55 Division Primary Response Unit, and the Traffic Services Motor Squad.

Police said the officers were trained in human rights and privacy issues, and undertook classroom lessons and participated in mock trials.

When will the cameras be activated?

Police said that while the cameras will technically be “on” as soon as an officer is on the job, they must be activated to begin recording. Activation will occur “as soon as reasonably possible.”

This could be, for example, prior to arriving at a call or when investigative contact begins. (“Investigative contact” describes contact between a police officer and a citizen that the officer initiates for the purpose of an investigation.)

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Police directives do not force officers to activate their cameras if they are having an informal conversation with someone.

Police said the cameras will be activated during the following circumstances: calls for service (general calls to respond to a scene or deal with a situation), investigative detention, apprehension under the Mental Health Act, arrests, interactions with people in crisis, crimes in progress, investigations, dealings with active criminals, and cases of public disorder.

Does an officer have to tell me if I’m being filmed?

This depends on whether the interaction occurs in private or public.

In public, officers can record without your explicit consent. Toronto Police Service said, however, that “officers have been trained to let the person know they are being recorded.”

In private locations, such as homes or businesses, police must get your explicit permission before entering with a camera that is activated. This requirement can be waved if police are carrying out a search warrant, or “under exigent circumstances.”

The officer will have to turn off the camera if the owner of a private home, who granted initial permission to film inside the dwelling, later asks for it to be turned off.

Where will the videos be stored, and for how long?

At the end of every shift, officers will upload their footage to a server operated by the Toronto Police Service. A video will only be accessible to the officer who shot it, and his or her supervisor.

Police say the videos will be kept on file for at least a year. This could be prolonged if a video is being used as evidence in a legal case, or an ongoing investigation.

Can I ask to see the footage?

Police say the footage cannot be accessed, reviewed, edited or deleted “at the time of the recording.”

People can request to see or delete a video later, however, through the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Will the cameras become permanent across the Toronto police force?

The pilot project is expected to last a year. The results will be evaluated at the end, and recommendations will be made to the chief of police.

Police are also asking for community feedback through an anonymous online survey.

People can also request more information about how the cameras work by e-mailing BWC.FAQ@torontopolice.on.ca .

"Toronto Police and their Crimes Against Humanity"

Toronto police officer punched man he carded in a case of ‘street justice,’ judge finds

METRO NEWS: ABUSE - STREET JUSTICE – Or – DANGEROUS - HARMING - BARBARIC – MASSACRE – EXTRA JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS!                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                    "TORONTO POLICE AND THEIR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY"

The judicial system and the media continue covering up the heinous crimes committed by the police, with the terms abuse of excessive force or street justice. But the brutal methods practiced by the police force are to cause intentionally physical and psychological injuries or to kill individuals that are under their custody. It’s really disturbing to see how the police are causing deliberate physical injuries on detainees and other vulnerable people in the streets of this nation. Also the world is witnessing the extra judicial executions committed by the police in violation of the international law; to comply with the respect for human rights. Now the questions are: How long we have to endure the racist violence for part of the police? The physically and psychological harm caused by the police especially to children, women, seniors, and other vulnerable individuals will continue the course? Eternally we have to live in fear to be assassinated because of criminal legacy from the Toronto police?

May 12, 2015 Updated : May 12, 2015 | 3:06 pm Fear endure

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Toronto police officer punched man he carded in a case of ‘street justice,’ judge finds

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Torstar News Service A Toronto Police cruiser is seen in this file photo.                                                                      A Toronto cop doled out illegal “street justice” to a black man who’d done nothing wrong, a judge has found.                                                                                                                                 Superior Court Justice Frederick L. Myers censured the officer who stopped, carded, punched, searched and detained the innocent man.                                                                                             Myers, in a decision released Thursday, said the officer violated the man’s rights and shattered his faith in the rule of law.                                                                                                                   Myers awarded Mutaz Elmardy $27,000 in damages based on the 2011 incident in Moss Park.                             Elmardy was walking alone with his hands in his pockets when Const. Andrew Pak and his partner, identified in court documents only as Const. Poole, stopped and carded him, Myers found.                                                                                                                                                        When Elmardy refused to co-operate, the officer punched him, handcuffed him, searched him and, literally, “put him on ice,” leaving him on the cold ground for 20 minutes.                                   “One who is not being investigated for criminality is allowed to walk down the street on a cold night with his or her hands in the pockets and to tell inquisitive police officers to get lost without being detained, searched, exposed to sub-zero temperatures or assaulted,” wrote Myers. “It appears that none of Constable Pak, Constable Poole, or the other four officers who dropped by the scene knew this.”                                                                                                                       The judge found Pak and Poole had no reason to suspect Elmardy of committing a crime and had no reason to arrest him. The judge found he was hostile and may have sworn at the officers, but, Myers wrote, that is not a crime.                                                                                                        “When one swears at a policeman, it is probably logical to expect a punch in the face.  Many would say that it is deserved.  But it is not,” he wrote. “The police deal with all manner of members of the public.  Each brings his or her own life and troubles, experiences and joys with him or her to each encounter.  Not all are polite.  No law says they have to be.”                            But, the judge found: “Constable Pak took the law into his own hands and administered some street justice.”                                                                                                                                       Myers expressed “the court’s disapproval and shock” of the officers’ conduct in 2011, and their testimony during a trial earlier this year. He condemned the entire Toronto Police Service for the “contumelious disregard” of Elmardy’s rights.                                                                                  The judge said he would make no findings about “the constitutionality or wisdom” regarding the process of “carding.”                                                                                                                       “Whether carding is a useful policing policy or just serves to increase the risk of hostile interactions between police and innocent members of the public, as appears to have occurred in this case, is beyond my ken,” he wrote.                                                                                                          The judge said there was no evidence to prove that Elmardy had been racially profiled but did find the reason the officer gave for stopping Elmardy – the officer had a “hunch” that he was violating bail conditions, which was untrue – was “arbitrary at best.”