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G20 police training exaggerated powers outside fence: files

Tim Groves — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:32:53 +0000

Cops told to be on guard for ‘bagpipe players,’ ‘young people’ and ‘first aid equipment’

Police trainers appear to have told officers at last June’s G20 summit in Toronto that special search and arrest powers extended far beyond the so-called five-metre zone the public was led to believe existed.

Files attached to this post:

Document of training materials used by Waterloo police

The weapons to massacre the G20 and Toronto - When the police does politics

Michael Lessard — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:45:45 +0000

If you had the impression there was a strange tendency to criminalize dissent during the Toronto G20 Summit, well here is your proof.

Le Devoir (June 29, 2010) reported the Toronto Police press conference "presenting to the media objects confiscated from activists. The chief, Bill Blair, called this dozen of objects 'weapons' destined to 'attack the city'.&q