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10. Officer Bubbles almost didn’t make this list; all he did was demonstrate the authoritative attitude that security forces took during the G20 weekend. He has also unwillingly provided us with a calling card for resistance to a police state...Bubbles for Peace!
9. This is one of the bullies who forcefully arrested a screaming woman in the middle of the ‘kettle formation’ at Queen & Spadina. All citizens were peacefully explaining to officers that they were not doing anything wrong, then the cops picked them off one by one.
8. The driver of this van was involved in a snatch and grab arrest; other police in the van are just as guilty. Apparently some people were driven to Scarborough and dumped to fend for themselves; others were eventually taken to the Eastern Avenue detention center. It is scary when unidentified gangs have legal authority to kidnap.
7. Before firing tear gas into a crowd of people waving peace signs, this young cop looked over his shoulder to confirm his orders. Following orders is no excuse; if he had a machine gun rather than tear gas he might have used that as well.
Note: as it turns out, he was actually shooting rubber bullets at Natalie Gray
6. This asshole was caught on video beating seated people with a club and then pepper-spraying them in the eyes. He deserves to go to jail; we also don’t want him to ever carry a badge again.
5. In fifth position of the People’s G20 Most Wanted List are the dozens of uniformed officers who assaulted, molested, bullied and humiliated peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders on the streets and in the detention centre. We can only hope that the good cops (and there are many) recognize how their reputation has been tarnished, break their code of silence and speak up.
4. Until the G20 fiasco, Bill Blair was actually doing a good job. He was also not in charge of the security forces. Just as the hockey coach gets fired when the team plays poorly, Blair is the scapegoat. For allowing things to get out of hand, then publicly supporting police actions while condemning ‘protesters’, Blair has lost the respect of citizens.
3. Dalton McGuinty actually had little to do with G20 planning or security enforcement. He makes this list for three reasons; A) Allowing a quick change to the law that permitted police to search and arrest anyone; B) Pushing through new taxes that hurt everyone in Ontario; C) Not having the balls to call for an inquiry.
2. Stephen Harper is a quiet economist; however he is also Prime Minister and responsible for what happened here. He thinks everything went well at the G8/G20 which shows how out of touch he is with Canadians. He sold out Canada; watch as his budget cuts are rolled out to meet deficit agreements. He also sold out the world by escalating the tar sands projects. He is doing more damage than any Prime Minister ever!
1. Mystery Man? Who was really in charge of the Integrated Forces? Military operations work under a pyramid structure; someone gave the orders to stand back while Black Block tore up the streets and then gave orders for police to bully and arrest. Someone high up thinks it is okay to push around citizens, to reduce and eliminate civil rights, and to use weapons on peaceful protesters. We must discover who is behind these decisions and remove this cancer from the Canadian power structure.
What do we want? Public Inquiry.
When do we want it? Now!
