I understand what a difficult position you are in with respect to Police actions during the weekend of the G20 summit. However, I would like to encourage you to take a close look at both the facts (video evidence) and the independent reports. Upon review of this information, there is only one conclusion to be drawn.

 

Canadian tax payers lost well over 1 billion dollars to this fiasco, the bulk of which was spent on security. With this much police/security presence in the city, how was it possible for a hundred or so vandals to do so much damage? Where were the police while this damage was being done? Why were police cruisers abandoned in the streets with empty fuel tanks (there were no gasoline explosions) and empty trunks (no evidence of standard police gear/weapons/ammunition)?

 

The fact of the matter is that the *vandalism* (there was little "violence", despite the media's sensational but incorrect use of the word) on Saturday was *allowed to happen*. These events were *necessary*, in fact. First, they provided the mainstream media with the footage required to convince the nation that Toronto was filled with "violent" protests throughout the weekend. Secondly, but equally as important, the police/security forces then had reason to exercise the full extent of the powers given to them by the secret law passed only days before the event - laws that were only to be in effect within 5 meters of "the fence".

 

All of this was necessary to achieve what happened on Sunday - a day that will most certainly take its place in Canadian history books. On Sunday, the full police/security *exercise* went into full swing. Specific members of peaceful activist and human rights groups were illegally arrested, rounded up and detained. The TCMN offices were infiltrated and put on lock-down. Countless peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders were assaulted and arrested by police, who *practiced* using their rubber bullets, tear gas, batons, and intimidation/fear tactics. Hundreds of minutes of video stand as undeniable proof of this. People did not receive any warnings or instructions; they were simply attacked. The police also targeted the media with undue force; preventing them from reporting what was really happening or illegally arresting and brutally beating them. All of this is documented by the victims...