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why are people so appalled by what happened.? there is terrible violence happening everyday all over the world.
these youth had sticks and stones and bricks and could have been taken down by the police.easily.
a car burning is nothing compared to mangled bodies in actual accidents or someone squashed on the pavement from a careless driver.
I have been on peace marches since the 60s.
I was at Clayoquot during the mass arrests. The police were friendly and there was mutual respect.They also protected us from young red necks up to no good who tried to invade our camp.
During all our peace marches and Earth Walks over the years the police were our escorts, protectors and keepers of the peace.
They did not dress in riot gear with masks and shields.
They didnot line the streets and corral us in.
They were nonviolent when they arrested us at the logging blockades.
Toronto ,this past weekend was an ugly display of power .
The state and the powers that be turned the police into public enemies.
They had one job to do and that was to monitor the Black bloc which was a known threat to a peaceful demonstration.
They failed.
They didn't do their job. And it was their job, not that of the public or the organizers of the rally.
The police have had a decade to study up on the bloc. They group together and are easily recognizable.They break out and throw bricks, stones, knock over mail boxes, or news boxes.
They do not carry guns or knives.There weapons are often what they find along the way.On the street.
Whoever was in charge of tactics for the police should be fired.