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An Open Letter to Mayor Miller on G20 Police Actions
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Mayor Miller,
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 themselves and by bystanders with video cameras.
Captives were/are being treated deplorably. Many detainees have come forward with shocking reports of abuse - it will make you sick to know what went on in there, but I encourage you to read the accounts, many of which are linked on this page
http://2010.mediacoop.ca/ A public, independent investigation/inquiry into this is *mandatory*. Anything less is unacceptable.
What we witnessed this weekend in our city was a billion dollar planned exercise of police/security forces in a *Martial Law* scenario. It was an exercise of technology, weaponry, tactics and command structure. It was an exercise of the police force's ability to implement a makeshift *concentration camp*. It was a test of the manipulated mainstream media's ability to proliferate propaganda to the nation. It was a test to see just how much Canadians are willing to be pushed around, and just how effective the propaganda is.
It was a failure. Many Canadians can see right through it. The video evidence, independent reports, personal accounts of detainees, etc. are all there on the Internet. The truth is not debatable. The facts speak for themselves. The days of governments getting away with this type of control are numbered.
In light of this, ask yourself again why Mr. Harper insisted on this event taking place where it did. Ask yourself what would motivate Mr. Harper to do such a thing, keeping in mind that Mr. Harper and the bulk of the "Conservative" government are in fact *Reform Party* members.
Now, as Mayor of this great city, as a proud Canadian, do you want to be a part of the disease, or a part of the cure?
Sincerely and with respect,
Paul Yates
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