The census law outlines the agreed upon (in Parliament) penalty for breaking a law.
The officer can, and several officers did during this summit, hold people in jail for several days, most without even being charged with a crime.
Sorry, I just don't understand why you are saying ok to remind people of the consequences for their actions in one case, but not in the other.
In the case of the census, one of the posters in that thread indicated that nobody had ever been threatened with jail time for failing to hand in a long form. I posted to say it had happened to me. I blame the law, not the drooling idiot they hired to intimidate me. That law I want to see changed.
The officer I saw in the video was polite and professional. Whether bubbles constitute mischief is for a court to decide. Perhaps you would like mischief laws overturned. That's your prerogative, but I'm OK with them.
The rest of what happened at the G20 is up for debate. Stick to the main question regarding the officer.
I already stated what i thought of the officer.
Others previously have already brought the larger debate of the G20 police action into this thread. (see quotes below) Simply tying it altogether.
If it makes you feel better you can bring Obama into the discussion (since that seems to be your M.O. in pretty much every other thread.) and i won't complain.
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Originally Posted by John Clay
I've always felt safe in Toronto, and never more so than in the weeks leading up to G20 with the increased police presence.
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Originally Posted by hayesk
Respect goes both ways. The police showed very little respect for peaceful protestors during this summit. Multiple arrests without cause, driving protestors out of their designated protest areas, multiple groups of officers surrounding peaceful protestors and then arresting them for "not backing off" (which way should they have gone?), etc. As the girl said, she was just trying to lighten the mood.
As the guy said in the video, a billion dollars should have paid for a better attitude.
This is quite the contrast when the G7 was in Halifax - officers were friendly, courteous, and even let us inside the "secure zone" because we had dinner reservations. (They checked us for weapons, etc. of course) Their comments to us: "Enjoy your dinner."
If you followed the story when it happened, I recall the girl was blowing bubbles in the opposite direction, Officer Bubbles came over to where she was- she was not blowing bubbles at the police, she was not invading the space of Officer Bubbles. I believe she (or someone in that crowd) responded to many of the questions about what happened leading up to and in between the YouTube clip in the first boingboing posting of the story.
If you followed the story when it happened, I recall the girl was blowing bubbles in the opposite direction, Officer Bubbles came over to where she was- she was not blowing bubbles at the police, she was not invading the space of Officer Bubbles. I believe she (or someone in that crowd) responded to many of the questions about what happened leading up to and in between the YouTube clip in the first boingboing posting of the story.
Looks like this is a case where we aren't seeing the entire story. I stand by my opinion based on CubaMark's original post, but the story now appears too fluid to form an opinion on.
Courtney Winkels was a volunteer medic among with the protesters at the G20. We've covered the G20 story in other threads (such as this one). The call for a public inquiry into the police actions at the G20 summit continue. See G20inquiry.com
As for this thread... I can't wait to see how this plays out in court.... and I disagree with MacFury's assessment of the cop as being "polite and professional." His manner was entirely hostile and threatening. Language is more than words, dude.
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