Dianavan, while I sympathize with US citizens who are upset about jackboot police behavior within their own borders and agree that this is probably heavy handed political grandstanding, I think before we do any cross border criticizing, we should demand some clean up of the "jackbooting" that is happening on this side of the border first.

"The Quebec provincial police acknowledged in a statement Thursday that their agents had infiltrated protesters demonstrating during the recent North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que. but denied that they acted as "agent provocateurs" to instigate violence." CN

More about the incident is available HERE and includes the Youtube video of the incident, where a Union organizor demanded that the "three black bandana clad police provocateurs" put their rocks down. The three were finally "arrested" (yeah, right) to the applause of the peaceful demonstrators.

It is beyond me how the Quebec police can claim that their "police agents" were not trying to instigate something and not behaving in a provocative manner. Perhaps they think that wearing a black bandana over their face and carrying a large rock during a demonstration is just an example of poor fashion sense on the part of the officers who were just trying to "fit in". LOL I'd at least agree there, these turkeys stuck out like sore thumbs.

While the incident was not as frightening as the American one, as a Canadian, I found this recent event disturbing and insidious, although not surprising.

My apologies Mick, for getting a bit sidetracked regarding our own goons.