G20 Toronto - cops shoot ARWEN 37 at G20 demonstrators

[lantern256]

This happens everytime a country holds a G summit come on ppl.

[musenseus]

how many times do people need to be told? what did they think was going to happen?

[LaHombraInvisible]

watch?v=oNSxZ45HA2g&NR=1 it happens everywhere

[evilgenius747]

Can't civilians get the same protective gear the thugs have?

[titotoro]

It takes a revolution to make a solution - Bob Marley

[asdqweyxcify]

hahaha i can only laugh when i see this....as a european you are seriously tolerant people and your government seems like fucking you quite hard that time. i hope you will all get revenge for this. violent cops dont deserve a life. no respect, and no tolerance, it doesn't matter where they have their orders from. stand together and fight them to the blood!

[scottweise18]

You know history has lessons to teach us about the ideas of oppression and how it can affect the way the people look on a corrupt government . You know I never thought it was but the fact that Harper is re-elected time after time and has been for the past 4 years with noone catching eye to what that idiot is really doing . Until ppl starting having brains and realize that Harper is just a fucking joke the longer we'll remain the same: old and pathetic .

[scottweise18]

I'm not sprouting conspiracy theories or any of that world government crap, but Iam questioning the ideas of freedom of speech and whether it means you have the right to speak out or speak but keep your mouth shut .

[scottweise18]

And doing your job is not an excuse . The Germans in WW2 used the same excuse . Yes its not the same as a Holocaust, but the fact that you follow orders without questions goes to show that your a fucking tool seriously . I thought the police department and the whole idea of law enforcement derives from the belief that the people are in control of these organizations not the other way around . Ohhhh ohhhh I get it only the yes-men right ?

[scottweise18]

And another thing for all the police officers that do this kind of stuff who violate the Canadian Charter that in nowhere it says you have to have a permit or anything like where people are peacefully protesting you have the right to force them off of public property . I'm just ..... wow Canada is going down hill man . Police State or not I dont care but this isnt the Canada I know . Did we become so afraid of our own shadow from the 9/11 attacks ? That we resort to this ?

[scottweise18]

Stephen Harper and his bullshit lies of: "Ohhhh Canada is moving forward blah blah . We're doing really well. " Wowwww ! Really ? Are the poverty-stricken, the hopeless and the desperate included in his bullshit plan ? Are the people in the crowd a part of his plan ? Was the woman shot with rubber bullets whatever a part of it ? No I dont believe anything this country says anymore . I've lost all faith in these politicians who can suck my balls and the police in general who behave like this .

[aplen22]

Up, at about 2:40 the reason for it all is summed up in the ticket at the bottom of the screen....

"Harper stands next to Obama in G20 group photo"

Gotta love them photo ops, eh Harpy?

[hellocitybnl]

those would be bean bags NOT rubber bullets

[techcafe]

@hellocitybnl - not according to the CBC.

watch?v=LJjpDnvkKUE

[berner]

@techcafe So with that being said, I'm assuming you don't believe that the media are always trying to lie to us? I mean I know that there are those who say things like "The corporate media always try to make us look bad! They never tell us the truth!", but that wouldn't be you at all, would it? Gotta hate those guys who blame the media for lieing to all of us and then turn around and use the media as a weapon when they find something that supports their claim, eh?

[techcafe]

G20 Police arsenal includes plastic bullets

cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/18­/arwen-weapon-summits

[hellocitybnl]

@techcafe ya it also includes bean bags, tear gas and a host of other tools. when rubber bullets are fired from the ARWEN 37, it makes a very distincive and very diffrent noise than what was fired on the video. i would know, i happen to be a police tactical team member in Ontario

[techcafe]

@hellocitybnl - are you seriously trying to convince the public that you guys fired 'bean bags' from that 'riot control' weapon?? how bloody stupid do you think we are?? and what the hell are these 'host of other tools' you're talking about?

[techcafe]

@hellocitybnl - according to News reports, the TPS/ISU used 37-millimetre PLASTIC BULLETS - also referred to as 'rubber bullets'. the ARWEN '37' is promoted as being 'less lethal' and is designed to fire tear-gass canisters and large plastic/rubber bullets at 74 metres/sec, at a target/person up to 100 metres away.

those weren't 'bean bags' being fired at demonstrators... they were plastic bullets.

[Arperture2008]

@hellocitybnl All you NWO thugs are gonna die, plain and simple, you chose the wrong side...

[techcafe]

the Toronto police used a 'riot control' weapon, called the ARWEN 37 (look it up on Google).

[x0xkasumix0x]

did you notice who was shot by the rubber bullets? why do they keep lying? she had the rubber bullet welts to proove it. they claimed no rubber bullets we're used.

We're being lied to, we have the proof right infront of our eyes... do we accept what they tell us or do we believe our own eyes??

even in the day of the internet where the video footage is available... we're still so easily swayed by lies?

Its the lying that bothers me more then anything.. they know they have something to hide.

[lankinator24]

@x0xkasumix0x wow, a lot of anarchists on this page...

[x0xkasumix0x]

@lankinator24 O.o why if you oppose unnescesary force its imediately viewed as Anarchy? I beleive in order, but order that cares about the people that won't follow rediculous orders that don't make sence. When the Media get punched in the face by police officers, something is terribly wrong.

Rationality before action.

~Battalions of riot police,

With rubber bullet kisses,

Baton courtesy,

Service with a smile~

[LittleFella222]

@x0xkasumix0x get over it the police are there to protect other people just because they got shot with rubber bullets dosent make them criminals those bastard protestors got what they deserved.

[StoneAtHeart]

"dont be"

[StoneAtHeart]

If you dont want to get hit do be retarded and protest. No one is going to listen to you anyways

[techcafe]

the right to public assembly (to protest or otherwise) is just another form of communication; a more direct form of democracy. it promotes open dialogue and social justice.

protests & demonstrations are fundamental to democracy

there are many places in the world where it is ILLEGAL to hold public demonstrations... you don't want to live there, believe me.

[techcafe]

@StoneAtHeart - btw, it's sad that you, apparently, have no understanding of why millions of people around the world publicly demonstrate during these world economic summits... where the greedy bankers, ecocidal industrialists and oil barons, corporate masters and plutocrats... and all the other machiavellian bastards get together to decide the fate of the common man/woman... protesting in the street.

pull your head out of your ass buddy... and LOOK around you.

[PDittyDog2710]

To bad they didn't shoot more of them. It's called get a job you fucking hippies.

[techcafe]

@PDittyDog2710 wow, what an asinine comment. hippies??

seriously, are you just being a nasty troll or are you really a dumb prick?

[PDittyDog2710]

@techcafe Lol. Truth isn't always nice. Get over it.

[techcafe]

no, i won't get over it, you bloviating bovine scatologist.

answer the question: who are these 'hippies' you're blathering on about?

in the above video, point to even one.

[PDittyDog2710]

@techcafe Lol. Tough words, tough words. To bad you can't back it up. Just because you got bitch slapped on national television doesn't mean you can make baseless accusations. Oh and the hippies. Look throughout the videos. You'll see, or are you blind to that to?

[techcafe]

@PDittyDog2710 ah ok, i get it now... you're just some random idiot trolling on youtube, being an obnoxious jerk and masturbating over promo videos for italian sports cars that you'll never get to drive.

be honest with us, 'Jack' off... i'll bet you're butt naked right now, all lubed up and whacking off to episodes of TopGear porn as we speak, aren't you?

dolt

[techcafe]

thousands of concerned citizens, students, teachers, professionals and working-class people from all walks of life - not just hippies - showed up to demonstrate and raise their voices against the FAILED and grossly unfair economic policies/practices of predatory capitalism, machiavellian global banking cartels, greed-driven multi-national corporations, etc.

[techcafe]

of course, you'd know that had you bothered to LEARN about what's going on in the world... instead of spewing your idiotic 'get a job' rhetoric and other hit 'n run commentary.

[techcafe]

@Havoc123Heli456 OH, and it was the goon squad cops that assaulted and brutalized hundreds of PEACEFUL demonstrators - NOT the other way around.

so again, you obviously couldn't be bothered to check the facts before posting your stupid remarks. YOU FAIL!

[Havoc123Heli456]

@techcafe You obviously have strong feelings about this and i apologize if i offended you, but any act of civil disobience should be removed by force if they will not listen to reason. Honestly even if these particular protestesters were not directly tied to the damages, the risks are to great to be ingored by the police.

[techcafe]

@Havoc123Heli456 you are mistaken. the peaceful demonstrations had nothing to do with the Black Bloc provocateurs. in fact, many peaceful demonstrators actually tried to stop the Black Bloc on Saturday when the property damage was done (by the Black Bloc). it was the NEXT day (Sunday) that mass arrests of PEACEFUL protesters occured.

you need to get your facts straight before shooting your mouth off... because you look like a fool

[ApeFlyyy]

go prepared. materials needed for riot:

-Lighter

-face guard or mask

-rocks stored in fanny pack

-signs

-willing to fight for the righteousness

-circle sleds and garbage can lids (optional)

[micprn]

@ApeFlyyy + flashbang, smoke grenade, and ol' buckeh,

[Billythewookie]

The guy talking is at University and College the photage is somewhere else.

[NAUresistance]

This G20 was is a big black eye on the face of Canada.. Sad really.

[aplen22]

@NAUresistance Up, at about 2:40 the reason for it all is summed up in the ticket at the bottom of the screen....

"Harper stands next to Obama in G20 group photo"

Gotta love them photo ops, eh Harpy?

[aplen22]

@NAUresistance @NAUresistance Up, at about 2:40 the reason for it all is summed up in the ticket at the bottom of the screen....

"Harper stands next to Obama in G20 group photo"

Gotta love them photo ops, eh Harpy?

[muchgiggles]

not that violent? just pushing and shoving? there's no freakin need.

[RaymondChavira]

@muchgiggles disorderly conduct, causing a riot is against the law and the use of force is needed.

[techcafe]

@RaymondChavira the COPS caused the problems. these demonstrations (shown in the video) were entirely peaceful up until the cops showed up in their storm trooper uniforms, militaristic weapons and began brutalizing and shooting people with plastic bullets.

the cops are THUGS

[garthman18]

I have been rehearsing at Lab Space studio which is where this footage is from...

[zcx87999078]

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