The McMurtry Precedent: Cops vs. Rosenfeld = Flyers vs. Salming

Remember this and consequences: "Ontario Attorney General Roy McMurtry steps in and charges Mel Bridgman for assaulting Salming". Surely we can expect at least as much justice for journalists and innocents as for hockey players. Paikin describes cops become "Broad Street Bullies" here and below:

i saw police brutality tonight. it was unnecessary. they asked me to leave the site or they would arrest me. i told them i was dong my job. they repeated they would arrest me if i didn't leave. as i was escorted away from the demonstration, i saw two officers hold a journalist. the journalist identified himself as working for "the guardian." he talked too much and pissed the police off. two officers held him....a third punched him in the stomach. totally unnecessary. the man collapsed. then the third officer drove his elbow into the man's back. no cameras recorded the assault. and it was an assault. the officer who escorted me away from the demo said, "yeah, that shouldn't have happened." he is correct. there was no cause for it.