EyeBrock EyeBrock:
You guys arrested too many 'innocent' people at the G20 to gain control of the streets.
You guys didn't arrest enough guilty people in Vancouver and lost control of the streets.
More second guessing by arm-chair law enforcement 'experts' and a police-hating media.
The only criticism against "you guys" in Vancouver is that they weren't expecting a riot and so weren't prepared and took too long to move in. Maybe the riot could have been prevented or very much reduced if police were prepared. That's a failure of command, not the cops on the street. In fact the suggestion has been made that the Vancouver cops held off because of the black eye the Toronto cops gave themselves.
In G20 there also seemed to be a curious lack of cops when the blocheads ran riot, even tho there were huge numbers of cops available (what did you say, 17,000?) tasked just with preventing riots. Riots were expected. I can see how the idea that this was done on purpose took hold - better to be able to beat down peaceful protesters the next day. In G20 the rot seemed to run from the top (bullshit exclusion zone) right to individual cops on the street getting their licks in. And of course like many people on this forum, the hope was the public can't tell the diff between legitimate protesters and rioters, so the police had free reign on Sunday.