fascists 

HAHAHA this is obscene!!! these police should all lose their jobs. It's become common knowledge that the powers at large are working hard to impose a global police state. Here is a perfect example.. this is canada.. NOT EVEN ONE PERSON WAS THREATENING THE POLICE!... a billion dollars for a bunch of goofs to waste time.. and it was OBVIOUSLY A STAGED EVENT with the 2 burning cars.. abandoned.. additionally, it's painfully obvious that the violent protesters are hired to create a reason for the police presence..  

The government of Canada has wasted $2 billion on ridiculous overblown security operations in just two months this year already. These costs are obscene, and cannot be justified. Also, the cost to our civil liberties is even worse. I propose a bill be tabled making any government meeting or government sponsored event where the security costs exceed $25 million be held on offshore army bases or on military ships in international waters. If the international elite want to have their undemocratic staged meetings, then it should be on their own turf, not on Canadian soil, or on any soil where democracy is effective. They could just hold teleconferences, and skip the pretense that they represent the people of the world, illicit any respect from anyone, or have any legitimacy.
 

Read more about the Orwellian, sadistic torment of the detainees in the massive battery cage facility which was specially created to repeatedly strip search, refrigerate, torment, intimidate and humiliate the peaceful protestors, tourists and reporters:
Charlie Veitch: Arrested, Tortured, Caged by Toronto Fascist Police at G8/G20
http://www.infowars.com/charlie-veitch-arrested-tortured-caged-by-toront... 

Uh... what were the protesters doing down on Queen St., anyway? So what this video implies is that if you go down to an area where cars were being torched and store front windows were being smashed and provoke the police, then they'll disperse the crowd? No kidding.

I lived on Queen West for half a decade before moving out to Vancouver, and witnessing the actions of the violent faction of the protesters is nothing short of obscene. Seeing what they did to Queen St, which is probably the most liberal, progressive neighborhood in the city and intimidating it with violence was absolutely revolting. I was lightly supportive to the actions of the protest movement before this past weekend, now I'll never condone them. 

At about 18 seconds in to the video you can hear what sounds like a popping sound. I'm thinking it's either the cops hitting their shields (you hear a similar noise repeated once they charge) or it's an air gun (I believe this is how they shoot the pepper spray packages). Anyone know? 

Re: The burning cop-car 'set-up' comment
I've seen a few burning cars in my life, but this weekend on the news is the FIRST time I've ever seen people NOT being moved a safe minimum distance away. I agree it was likely a set-up as an attempt to justify the excessive security costs. Did anyone notice if the 'black bloc' groups were wearing police issue footwear? 

fas ·cism /?[fash-iz-uhm]

–noun
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
2.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism.
3.
( initial capital letter ) a fascist movement, esp. the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.



NO WHERE IN THIS DOES IT SAY
- a cop doing his job
 

If they played the whole video from start to finish you would see they were all allowed to leave. 

I know if I were in front of a line of Cops in riot gear, I sure wouldn't skip my way in front of them and sit down encouraging others to get closer. 

That is horrifying. 

How can you tell what occured and judge the situation based on a 30 SECOND clip shot focused on a small section of a much larger scene.

Yes, the clip is disturbing. It is possible that the police attacked innocent protesters. It is equally possible that the police reacted to something out of the camera's view.

What happened prior? The camera swings to the right to show more police down the street, but does not swing left to show what is up the street on the protesters' side. What was happening at that end of the street? What happened after the police charge?

This clip seems to selected to reinforce a belief in police brutality. Otherwise, why not show more of what happened? This is not to say police brutality does not occur (or could not have occured), but this in itself is not solid evidence. 

Since its in Canada the police sould get 2 minutes for boarding. I can't wait for Hockey season to start....

Go Canada 

Those protesters got what they wanted. They dared the police to take action and the police called their bluff. It's easy to pick and choose and cast disparaging comments on the police sitting at home watching a video and typing comments safe at home. If I was a so-called peaceful protester, the last thing I would do is taunt the police in the proximity of violent protesters. If you hang around violent criminals, don't expect the police to give you the benefit of the doubt. Refusing a police order to keep moving and stop blocking a street is passive-aggressive behaviour. Those pinheads got what they deserved. 

That's not freedom of expression, not freedom of assembly, nor freedom of religion that the demonstrators represented in this video. It's a bunch of spoiled punks making arses of themselves, disturbing the peace and causing a ruckus. Sometimes water cannon, tear gas and truncheons are justified, and in some instances, yes, even buckshot (although not the latter in this specific case).
Stupid brats!