Safety assured in G20-TO
With the arrival of a big airplane, carrying a famous passenger who needed to transfer to his big helicopter, the most expensive weekend party in Canadian history began. Never doubt the ability of a government to spend beyond its means.
Using the principle of “the fog of war”, the rest of us will have nothing more than controlled snapshots to let us know how things are going up in Huntsville and down in TO, but I’ve sent a witness. Maybe, if he doesn’t get stuck in the “Zone of Peaceful Expression”, he’ll get to see (and hear) how safe we are in Canada.
The court has ruled that the TO Police can use their LRAD (the officer looked so proud to be a loudspeaker carrier), except that the volume can’t surpass 111 dB and there must be 65 metres of open space between him and the (soon to be) hard of hearing. I didn’t see any measuring tapes or laser rangefinders, but I guess that police know those things.
Given the new greener profile of the Canadian government, certain of the public security personnel are equipped with bicycles. Note that this is an adapted posture vehicle…
I wonder if there is any infraction committed, should a protester decide to attach a small poster to that tire; using a thumbtack, for example. At a guess, the bicycle rider didn’t get issued a patch kit, and we all know how fragile bike tires are in the presence of pointy objects.
But this is all about public safety, and visitors to downtown Toronto should expect that the police verify if your school backpack contains enough drinking water and sunscreen lotion. Just like a class trip (that is oddly off the rails). Yes, Mom, your kids are safe in our hands.
I think that bicycle helmets are a perfect substitute for riot gear, in our new, safer Canada.
