The police were charged with the task of providing security for the President of the US, Jack Cretin and other western hemisphere heads of state.
The communist rioters are damn lucky the police were feeling benevolent and only used tear gas (the poor babies) and water cannons on them (they probably needed a shower anyway).
From the Toronto Sun:
CBC's Newsworld provided viewers with the best vantage point of all -- a high, stationary camera overlooking the street where the demonstrators on Friday, without any prior provocation, first breached the temporary security barrier -- sections of chain-link fence with concrete bases.............
For anyone watching, the conclusion was inescapable -- the rioters had started the confrontation and the police had responded with only the force necessary to prevent a breaching of their line, which would have clearly resulted in chaos given the violence of the rioters....
Again and again these spokesmen claimed the police had started the confrontation and had over-reacted, when anyone who had watched the event unfold knew the exact opposite was true.............
That first unprovoked clash by the rioters against the police set the stage for the rest of the weekend and totally justified yesterday's police actions.
Once the rioters showed on Friday that they could not be trusted -- despite repeated assurances from anti-Summit leaders that protesters wanted to make their objections to globalization and free trade peacefully and without violence -- the die was cast..............
The rioters were the culprits.
The police deserve praise for a job well done.
The REAL meaning of "Working Families"
They also have a big May Day Protest planned across USA/world.
mav out