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ccla.org/2010/06/29/g20-incide…Peaceful protestors are still protestors and the police aren't going to stop and check which protestor is which when there are people threatening the people they're there to protect, and threatening the peace we have. We're not perfect. Guess what? Nobody is.
Do you realize how many policemen were attacked? Do you realize how many people could have been injured or even killed if the police cars that were set on fire had exploded? Or if they just left them there and let people shove their faces and arms and cameras at them?
Do you realize that the police were just doing their job? Do you understand that they're people too, and get frustrated to no end when they're just trying to do that job and people harass THEM for it?
Sure, they didn't do things perfectly. But don't act like they were the big bads and nothing horrible happened to them. They didn't start their day saying "You know what? I'm going to shoot a protestor today!" They just tried to arrest people that, at that moment, seemed dangerous for whatever reason. Because you know what? Being a policeman is a fucking hard job. And peaceful protestors getting that close to the action eventually look exactly the same as mobs to them - a huge group of people against them.
www.nationalpost.com/multimedi…Just...random pictures. A lot of arrests, holy crap. They're kicking people going through the riot lines. No kidding - they don't care who it is, if you're going through the riot line they're going to fuck you up. People smashing windows and looting - one of the things they're trying to stop. People setting their cars on fire. They're just trying to protect you guys, you know. They're trying to protect the people at G20, sure. But they're also trying to protect you guys from each other, because not everybody means well, and the violent people don't give a shit who they hurt.
I could show you a different article, like
news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/… , but I doubt you'd give a fuck that it notes more harassment towards the police and arrests than anything.
It would have been so much easier for everyone if the protests hadn't HAD to be DURING the conferences. Or so close to them. All peaceful protests have at least one jackass who's going to cause shit. Peaceful protesting crowds just gave the violent protestors a place to hide.