...John Clarke and OCRAP; Sid Ryan and the OFL and the leaders of the NGOs who organized the protest marches but did little to monitor and control the participants. Thousands marched peacefully. A couple of hundred created all the mayhem and damage. The math would indicate that the peaceful marches could have exerted some restraint on the troublemakers.
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In the wake of a tumultuous weekend that saw the city’s streets filled with protesters, Toronto’s top cop says he’s extremely proud of his officers and the thousands of others from across the country for the work they did providing security for the G20 summit.
G20 turns Toronto into city of wimps
Jonathan Kay: In Toronto, we are in the midst of a spasm of civic mortification. Over the weekend, I listened to radio reporters breathlessly tell listeners tear gas had been used on the streets — as proof the city was enduring some apocalypseNational Post editorial board: Time for the protesters to grow up
June 28, 2010 – 5:30 pm
Peaceful protesters at events such as last weekend’s G20 summit in Toronto generally plead ignorance at the violent protesters in their midst. Maybe next time, they’ll try harder to out them. The radicals are casting a shadow over the legitimate protesters’ causes — to the extent that the whole protest movement is now seen by many Canadians as a political front for vandalism and other forms of criminal behaviour.
When Canadians see images of masked agitators smashing plate-glass storefronts, igniting police cruisers and jumping up on statues and street lamps, they don’t ask themselves whether the activists’ myriad political causes justify such displays of anger; they simply root for police to get the thugs off the street. Which is exactly what the police eventually did.
Overall, we think the police acquitted themselves well. And they deserve the thanks of Torontonians for the service they rendered the city.
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When Canadians see images of masked agitators smashing plate-glass storefronts, igniting police cruisers and jumping up on statues and street lamps, they don’t ask themselves whether the activists’ myriad political causes justify such displays of anger; they simply root for police to get the thugs off the street. Which is exactly what the police eventually did.
Overall, we think the police acquitted themselves well. And they deserve the thanks of Torontonians for the service they rendered the city.
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