Did I just wake up in the US?
So now we are passing laws in secrecy and arresting citizens for doing nothing at all?
Just being near the G20 security zone can get you arrested - thestar.com
The province has secretly passed an unprecedented regulation that empowers police to arrest anyone near the G20 security zone who refuses to identify themselves or agree to a police search.
Just being near the G20 security zone can get you arrested - thestar.com
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These guys really need to get jobs, stop complaining, and wasting tax payers $ on this rediculous security measures.
This is the sort of thing that makes the Cops look bad. there are already enough laws on the books now to deal with this sort of crap, we do not need more, not even temporary ones . . . so embarassing :-[
In before actyper blames Mike Harris . . . j/k (but you know SOMEBODY will . . .)
Seriously, this sort of stuff is straight out the old Soviet Bloc mentality. I mean, cops can already demand ID from you, assuming they have probable cause to stop you in the first place. Refusal to produce said ID under those circumstance is already a chargeable offence, too. My question is, why the redundancy? Blair's excuse about rioters attempting to tea down the fence doesn't wash, as that would be a criminal offence in and of itself. Nope, the authorities look like mooks over this one, especially Chief Blair.
So...they need a fence for the fence?
lol actually Mike Harris is my favourite politician of all time. I just hate blame in general, people hate taking accountability for their own actions.
CEOs and Directors of multi-national corporations always top this list. Politicians and cops are right behind.
So called poker players are pretty high on this list as well...
All else is just static . . .
The Toronto G20 Riot Fraud: Undercover Police engaged in Purposeful Provocation
lol..just thought I would throw it out there.
zing!
YouTube - Peaceful G20 protest at Queen & Spadina
Got to love out-of-context videos.
Here's a 9 minute unedited version.
Queen & Spadina Protest (original file/unedited) on Vimeo
You want to protest, get on your soapbox and scream until your lungs give out. March, yell, scream all you want. I do not care what your cause is, or what you are protesting against. That is your right.
You step over the line from peaceful protest to vandalism, and thuggery, as was on display Saturday night, I hope some riot cop drops the hammer on you. I have no respect for Toronto's Mayor whatsoever, but at least he was calling a spade a spade Saturday night.
Someone in the media coined the term "Extreme Protesting" in reference to these idiots treating their lunacy as some sort of adrenaline sport. I think that, for most of them, that is EXACTLY what it is. Namely, an opportunity to raise hell with little or no consequences to them, personally.
Waiting for the next time one of these occurs in the USA, and some store owner invokes Castle Doctrine to defend his store. Can we vote to put the next one in Texas?, or maybe Beijing? Love to see those Mao banners parading in China sometime . . .
Ya.....watch the video first though. The idea is that undercover cops are invoking riots.
lol...now there's a conspiracy theory I never heard of before. Cops conspiring to get each other killed. yea right.
If true, someone needs to lose their job. Actually, several people need to lose their jobs, and a few need to go to jail.
I'll get back you after watching . . .
Actually AJ, they tried to do that in QC. At least they tried to infiltrate the mob. No proof the cops actually vandalized anything. Still pretty stupid to go into the crowd wearing police issue gear like they did.
LOL Surete du Quebec . . .
im surprised you think its such an unbelievable idea...how would they justify the 1 billi price tag and shady passing of laws if everything was peaceful
fyp
and then if police wanna arrest someone completely unrelated all they have to do is dump the same colored dye on them and beat them up...!
sorry my point is that i don't think rioting is the problem i think g20 is...
EDIT:......because it creates riots
This, simply put, is an idiotic statement.
Regardless of one's feelings about G20, rioting IS a problem.
Why were there no major hassles on Friday with regard to the protest marches?
Why were police not making wholesale arrests on Friday?
Because the protestors maintained order, and did not break the law. They were the very definition of a peaceful protest.
I'll say it again, the violence that occurred Saturday was not about "protest". It was not about globalism, or the environment, or any other G20 related issue. It was an exercise in thuggery as sport. Adventure vandalism, if you will. The G20 summit was merely the excuse for these idiots to kick off their festivities. Sort of an urban "Burning Man" festival for them.
And anyone that thinks that isn't a problem needs to give their head a shake.
edit: funny, I didn't see Obama smashing windows, or Ban Ki Moon in a balaclava. Must have missed those clips. The G20 did not cause the riots, the rioters caused it. Personal responsibility can be a bitch.
You can't seriously have me believe a cop would jeopardize their safety or their lives by trying to incite a riot that would put them at risk in order to justify the billion dollar price tag of security, do you? Seriously??
Far as I'm concerned, the billion dollars was well spent.