Posts tagged: protests

Police Remind Themselves to Play Nicely with Protesters

As a follow-up to my ear­lier post about gov­ern­ment and pro­test­ers liv­ing in har­mony, I thought I’d share some of the com­ments that I saw at work today.  The fol­low­ing are taken ver­ba­tim, straight from an offi­cial doc­u­ment. “Protests are part of every­day life, espe­cially in Toronto. Impor­tant to con­sider that cit­i­zens have the right […]

Wednesday January 27th, 2010 in , , , , , | Comments Off

Police + Protestors Living in Peace? Almost.

I’ve come across a few pro­tes­tor web­sites lately, and I used to have an anar­chist class­mate. In many cases, there was an under­ly­ing dis­like and dis­trust of police agen­cies. But is that really deserved? We‘ve all seen videos and pho­tos of pha­lanxes of offi­cers in armor and riot shields, rain­ing can­is­ters of tear gas on […]

Thursday December 10th, 2009 in , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Taking Care of Protestors

Who takes care of the pro­tes­tors at the G8, G20, WTO, ASEAN, and other inter­na­tional sum­mits?  Who helps the pro­tes­tors on the receiv­ing end of tear gas, rub­ber bul­lets, attack dogs, and a pha­lanx of riot shields and batons?  Street medics. I’ve spent the last week think­ing about, writ­ing about, and meet­ing about pro­tes­tors. I […]

Friday December 4th, 2009 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

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