The G20 protesters marched peacefully in Toronto during the day. The police didn't see any action. Move along folks, nothing to see. But later in the day, almost as if on cue, a group of vandals,'Black Bloc' anarchists, started rioting and smashing windows and the police allowed it. They even abandoned a couple of police cars for the rioters to set on fire. Oh boy! Now suddenly, after having sat on their duffs all day, the media have a flashy story and the police have an excuse to beat the shit out of every protester in sight,and justify their billion dollar price tag.
Chaos is profitable. Contracts for militarized police gear, security systems, weapons, bombs and contracts to rebuild cities destroyed by bombs, are all about making a buck. Adding insult to injury, as the G20 summit works to globalize our economy and privatize every last shred of our commons, we the taxpayers get to foot the bill for security enterprises designed to suppress our freedom. How convenient. Eyewitness account of the riots in the comments: "At Queen and Spadina, for probably close to an hour, the group of vandals dressed in black, were getting ready to do something, right out in the open. People watching the crowd could see them in a group. They were right in the middle of the crowd, getting their covering gear on, talking, and getting ready. Even untrained regular people could see that. Near to the time they were ready, one of them held up a roman candle fireworks. They then charged east on Queen, and the police simply just let them pass. The police had uncrossable police lines to protect the "fence" to the south, but left the east flank on Queen wide open... That appears to be the new police strategy. Hide behind fences, let a few teenage vandals run amok for a while and smash windows and attack the city, then suppress all the peaceful protestors with aggressive violence." http://rabble.ca/news/2010/06/g20-police-let-rioters-run-amok-and-then-struck-back-hard-all-activists http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/18/g20-activists.html#ixzz0s3u5PvG3 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bhairitu" <noozg...@...> wrote: > > Mz Factoid, try doing a search on police infiltration of protest groups or > are you getting too senile to recall they use such tactics? > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "authfriend" <jst...@...> > Date: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 7:35 pm > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raj Patel: G20: Illegitimate, Incompetent and > Out of Control > To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <shukra69@> wrote: > > > > policeman kicked a protester in the groin for saying something > > obnoxious to them. also shoved a deaf young black man onto > > their bicycles lying on the ground when he did not obey fast > > enough. these things before any violence from the protester > > side. > > If you're a deaf person, it's probably a good idea to > avoid situations in which police are likely to be giving > you orders, especially if they're on edge because they're > expecting trouble. > > And it's *always* a good idea to refrain from saying > obnoxious things to police. Again, especially if they're > expecting trouble. > > I'm not excusing unnecessary police violence. But it's a > fact of life, and in many cases if you play it smart, you > can avoid being the target. > > Besides, as Bhairitu points out, these unruly protesters > were undoubtedly plainclothes cops planted in the crowd > as agents provocateurs. > > <guffaw> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <shukra69@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > first hand experience,- its like a police state, police > > > > > searching everyone on the slighted pretext and throwing > > > > > people to the ground and arresting them for looking dirty > > > > > and poor > > > > > > > > That's the way it seems. I was suspicious at first, > > > > because the National Post is a radical newspaper, > > > > but in this case a radical *conservative* paper. > > > > Either that or maybe the reporter just couldn't > > > > handle his caffeine. But then I checked the Toronto > > > > Star and other more mainstream papers and they are > > > > full of similar stories. So it looks as if the tales > > > > of a near-military clampdown are true. Sad. > > > > > > Looks like the police knew what they were doing. There > > > were violent riots in Toronto today, windows smashed, > > > cars torched, bottles thrown. It appears that the > > > violence was planned by certain groups; the other > > > demonstrators were peaceful. > > > > > > http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/06/26/cn_world_summit_protests/index.html > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2dxm8bk > > > > > > > As I said originally, I find this fascinating given > > > > the recent meeting in Sitges of the Bilderberg Club, > > > > which is another group of world financial and power > > > > wizards. >
