SOCI 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Riot Control, Rubber Bullet, Mass Arrest
21 Apr 2013
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2012 06-30 prof davies on rcmp ptsd. Talks about how the pilot program was shut down. Rcmp don"t have enough services for the officers. The fifth estate the g20 summit 25 feb 2011. Beware of the coming police state told the citizens not to fear the police that were there they were just there for security reasons. More than 10 thousand people turned out to march on saturday afternoon. Police in full riot gear they seemed to be so aggressive. Aggression was building in some parts of the crowd. Vandals started breaking away and doing their worst breaking windows and such. Police chief was watching it all unfold on monitors. Police were ordered to stand back about a block away rather than intervened. Question now was what would police do to regain control. By 5 o"clock the mood began to change the police believed that the vandals were among the peaceful protest specifically anyone wearing black.
