An in depth report on the recently released CLAC organizer, Jaggi Singh

CLAC organizer
Jaggi Singh is released

Jaggi Singh, a visible organizer with the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC), was released on $3,000 bail, after having spent almost three weeks in jail. Singh had been arrested by the police during the protests against the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City on April 20. Previous bail requests had been denied until the latest ruling which came earlier this week on Monday. Singh had been pulled from the street only a few hours after the protests first began. No one knew his whereabouts until the late evening of the day of his arrest, thus prompting the legal team to report at one point that he had been kidnapped by the police.

Singh\'s charges include
launching of teddy bears

The initial charges against Singh, who faces an upcoming June 4 trial, included possession of a weapon, participation in a riot and breaching bail conditions from previous protest-related arrests. One charge has been dropped (more on this below). As for the possession of a weapon charge, which has not been dropped, the allegation is that Singh organized the use of a catapult that was used against riot police, who had stood guard behind the 3.9 kilometer long wall ostensibly erected to protect the 34 Heads of State who met at the Summit during the protests.

Perhaps the most strange aspect of the charges is the fact that the \"weapon\" in question was used to launch teddy bears. According to Richard Bourdon, a spokesman for the S