G20 Protests: fucked.

[President Television]

More G20-related horrormirth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fse4_kynYRE

This man has his priorities straight. Waste no tears on nightstick bruises; the Toronto public wants to shop.

[Hoser McRhizzy]

The aggravating part is that she's a generally likable person and fairly knowledge on most other topics.

That does make it worse.  There's more than one 'generally likable person' that's made me raeg for the exact same reason the past few weeks.  It genuinely sucks ass.

More G20-related horrormirth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fse4_kynYRE

This man has his priorities straight. Waste no tears on nightstick bruises; the Toronto public wants to shop.

Sweet little spaz-kid in the gray shirt gets my vote for Prime Minister. 

[Kai]

Sweet little spaz-kid in the gray shirt gets my vote for Prime Minister. 

Yeah, that just about made my day.

[Thurnez Isa]

More G20-related horrormirth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fse4_kynYRE

This man has his priorities straight. Waste no tears on nightstick bruises; the Toronto public wants to shop.

Good thing.. for a minute I thought he was actually going to make a real point there

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Good thing we don't have anarchy! I mean, people would attack you without provocation and so-called police could strong arm you for no reason at all... Ah rule of law and government you keep us safe.

[Kai]

Good thing we don't have anarchy! I mean, people would attack you without provocation and so-called police could strong arm you for no reason at all... Ah rule of law and government you keep us safe.

Anarchy is the period between the fall and rise of two rival gangs with big guns.

[Captain Utopia]

I had a discussion with one of my new co-workers today. Apparently she thinks that the G20 police actions were both appropriate and justified. She admits that they made a "few" mistakes, but that no inquiries/disciplinary actions should be taken because:

1. It would cost too much
2. It would "undermine the authority of the police" (Yes, really)
3. It would be unnecessary, as she thinks they will "learn from their mistakes" and that there won't be any problems next time.

I guess if you've never been witness to police crimes, then simply their presence gives one a warm comforting feeling?  Don't criticise the police, they might evaporate!  Your co-workers response sounds like it's about what she would want the police to be, than the cold reality of their actions, though.

[Requia ☣]

How are they going to learn from their mistakes if nobody points this out to them?

[Jasper]

Police are like the power of love, if you don't believe in them they don't work.

[Telarus]

Police are like the power of love, if you don't believe in them they don't work still spray you with chemicals and beat the shit out of you.

There, fixed that for you.

[President Television]

Police are like the power of love, if you don't believe in them they don't work still spray you with chemicals and beat the shit out of you.

There, fixed that for you.

I have never heard of the power of love doing that.

[Requia ☣]

That's because you believe in it, its only the filthy unbelievers that get hit.

This is why nobody actually believes the cops would do that.

[Jasper]

Police are like the power of love, if you don't believe in them they don't work still spray you with chemicals and beat the shit out of you.

There, fixed that for you.

That's just the kinky ones.

[the last yatto]

Who's the kopyleft posters itt?

[Hoser McRhizzy]

year old BUMP for end of testimony publication ban.

G20 case reveals 'largest ever' police spy operation

In all, the RCMP-led joint intelligence group — a conglomeration of federal, provincial and municipal police tasked with G8/G20 reconnaissance — employed more than 500 people at its peak, the records show. The group ran undercover operations, recruited confidential informants and liaised with domestic and foreign governments, law enforcement agencies and even corporations.

The JIG's targets included activists protesting the Olympics, the migrant-justice group No One Is Illegal, Southern Ontario Anarchist Resistance and Greenpeace.

"The 2010 G8 summit in Huntsville ... will likely be subject to actions taken by criminal extremists motivated by a variety of radical ideologies," reads a JIG report from June 2009, before the G20 summit was scheduled, that sets out the intelligence group's mission. "These ideologies may include variants of anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, nihilism, socialism and/or communism.

"The important commonality is that these ideologies ... place these individuals and/or organizations at odds with the status quo and the current distribution of power in society."

Off-topic, but for anyone looking for a quote on the Why Don't They Target Teabaggers topic, I think ^that one right there^ could do you for a bit.

RCMP-led intelligence team made a series of presentations to private-sector corporations, including one to "energy sector stakeholders" in November 2011.

Other corporations that received intelligence from police included Canada's major banks, telecom firms, airlines, downtown property companies and other businesses seen to be vulnerable to the effects of summit protests.

Also leaving my favourite point made in the comment section so far:

After arresting 1,100 people and keeping them locked up without food, water, or legal representation, 6 are found guilty. Quite the statistic.

There were 59 criminal charges in all, more than 70,000 pages of Crown evidence disclosed to the defence, and months of scheduled testimony to convict 6 people, who pleaded guilty anyway. Also quite the statistic.

More than 500 people were employed in spying on Canadian citizens from June 2009 until April 2011 for a five-day summit. This, too, is quite the statistic.

This is Canada?

btw, anyone not wanting to click through for whatever reason, the 6 in question here pled (sp?) guilty to 'counselling mischief,' and two of those 6 also copped to 'counselling to obstruct police.'