Meow everyone, in part 1 of this series , I introduced the hypothesis that we lost the city of law and order to radicalism and how it was now supported by city hall , an show our police force was not being told to look the other way as these violent radicals were going on their rampages .I started with the day we gave this city up, commencing with the illegal and highly dangerous tamil protest and occupation of a major free way in Toronto. I looked at the political make up and affiliations of those who lead and organized this illegal blockade , as well the affiliations of those in city hall. In this segment , I will explore in depth, the G20. This has left al ot of people asking alot of question, with very answers forthcoming. . However, with over a years worth of asking questions, I think I have some answers .
I have asked this in other articles I have written but will once again send this out there .. I WELCOME input , opinions, thoughts , corrections and any other feed back from my readers . I would especially love to hear from present , and former police officers , ( anonymously is fine ) , from front line , senior officer and command officers . who can either add , or correct anything I state here .
Six years ago, Toronto Host the G20 countries economic conference. For the most part, these are boring events with a bunch on men and women in suites and ties talking policy and economics. However, this event also lends itself to the violent agendas of the hard core radicals who see this group as oppressive . This group of radicals somehow feels that progress and economic stability is not as important as their communist agendas. This leads us here to the subject I am going to be discussing here today .
The G20 conference had several protests going on during the week. Just about every fringe groups was out there to protest something. If they didn’t like the color of your hair, they were protesting that. If they felt that you car was better then their car, yup, they were protesting that . Undesirable color of your shoes ? Yup, that was worthy of a protest. However, one thing was a commonality to all these fringe groups protests …. they were useless and stupid…. as where the people that were protesting.
Having said that, however, there was a small group of people there who were there to one thing, and one thing ONLY , that being to spend as much time destroying and much as possible. These were the professional rioters. . Here are some examples of their brand of protest :
After seeing these videos, a great many questions were asked,with few answers forthcoming. I have discussed in the past , who the major players were in these riots so there is little need to go over that . This article will cover what the police did, and did not do during these events . I have had a chance over the years to speak with many front line officers who were where there to see this first hand . I was there as well and what I saw, in some cases made little to no sense, but then, started asking lots of questions over the years , and slowly, things were starting to become a little bit more clear .
Once again, as in the tamil illegal occupation , we saw , front and center , heads of radical student unions and the Canadian Federation of Students LEADING these riots, and always present when and where there was property destruction . I am NOT saying that these CFS and radical student unions leaders themselves were directly engaged in these acts of destruction and violence, , however, they most certainly knew about it, as they were in close, direct proximity to these riots . Here are some obvious examples of there whereabouts during the rioting :
Clearly, here, we are now starting to see that the CFS and their fellow radical student unions and their leaders are vry much part of the problem in this city .
One of the more common areas of discussion revolved around who was supposedly ” targeted ” by police as being some one who should be treated as suspicious. It was said, by the hard core radicals and those who were directly involved in the rioting, that people who wore black clothing, were from Quebec, people who who back packs, people who photographed building people who were too close to the fence, were all targets suitable to detaining and possible arrest. I can say with absolute certainty , that that was simply NO TRUE . I wear black clothing almost exclusively and was not detained. I am from Quebec and believe it or not, being from Quebec, we do not wear large neon signs to denote our province of origin. As a street action photographer, I shoot buildings all the time, and this event was no exception, but also was not an issue. I carry my equipment in a back pack , so yes, once again, no issue. Some might say that this was only because some cops knew me from previous events. Fair enough , however, the cops from out of town , and other divisions would certainly NOT have known me so once again, easily debunked. So, so far, we have been able to debunk in its entirety the theories these radicals arrived at to justify being stopped and detained . …. another G20 falicy DEBUNKED
However, we now have an even bigger question to ask . The currant flavor of the month protest fringe group, black lives matter Toronto claim that only black males are being targeted by police, But Rodney, during the main protest march, you are caught on video, marching, with a bunch a WHITE guys telling ” fuck the police ” . Umm, if only black males are the subject of police targeting that brainless twit claims, how come it was most white people who got cuffed and stuffed Rodeny ???? Oh , right, I forgot, you answer changes to suit the moment, never mind, carry on.
One of the most talked about topic was the destruction of several police cars which were set on fire. The agreement within the radical movement was that these cars were indeed bait cars , cars left at strategic locations to be deliberately destroyed. One such car was a car that was set on fire on Queen street west. In fact, these were NOT bait cars at all. In the image below, you can clearly see that the car in question was NOT abandoned there, indeed, the officer was still IN HIS CAR . The rear window was smashed out and a thug threw into the car a molitov cocktail. The officer was not aware of the cocktail being thrown in . I was there to see a large number of back up officers come to his rescue . In this video, you can see very clearly that the officer was still in his car when he was attacked :
In my photo archives, I have an image of this exact car , a short time previous to this, on the corner of College and University ave, with the same officer inside on patrol . ….. BAIT CAR DEBUNKED .
Many questions arose around the ida that as the riots made their way down Yonge street , prior to these riots , there where lliteraly hundreds of cops on the street, yet shortly before the riots actually started , there was a sudden and total disappearance of officers from that same street . How and why was this . I spoke with several officers about this and got two different answers . One answer I was given was that it was totally coincidental in that there was a shift change at that moment . OK, this may be possible but frankly , Im not buying into that because it would make no sense, based in the flow of ” as it happens ” intelligence , to knowingly abandon ones post , or retreat when one knows that the enemy is approaching fast . HOWEVER , what does make sense , and I was also told this, was that this a retreat ordered by command to protect officer safety as they would have been greatly outnumbers by the rioting mob. However, this begs the question , why were police alowing this mob , to actively and freely destroy the city ? Surely, with more than 25,000 police officers brought into the city for this one event, a few hundred would have been designated to keep this uruly mob in check ….. wouldn’t they ?
It was no secret that the bad guys had police scanners that could monitor the standard police channels . At that time , the police frequencies where not encrypted as they are today, making it easy to listen to the latest, real time activities of the police. The G20 officers , however, did have encrypted radios , and I believe that this was one of the primary reasons why all police radios are now encrypted. Yes, of course there are the obvious privacy and security / officer safety issues as well .
One of the biggest questions that to this day , has gone unanswered is , who gave the orders / who was calling the shots during the G20, and especially during the rioting. Two names have constantly come up .. Chief Bill Blair , and former Deputy Chef Pete Sloley . Pete Sloley was Deputy Chief and rose through the ranks rather quickly. He was with the police force for 27 years , however, many front line officers have stated that during that time, he actually spent only TWO YEARS of those 27 on the street as a cop . The rest of the remaining 25 year was in administrative duties . In other words, he had , according to the cops on the street, zero actually policing experience . It was said that it was him who was in the command communication center , calling many of the orders when the rioting took place . If you are reading this Pete Sloley , I welcome you to contact me and give me your version of these events .. I would LOVE to hear what you , as a senior command officer have to say . As well, I would very much welcome any other front line , or command officer to share their version of what happened….. totally anonymously of course .
This brings us to the Chief, Bill Blair. Chief blair was a well respected Chief who also rose through the ranks . He, unlike Sloley, has a long, proven track record of policing and he did spend a lot of time on the street as a cop. What set him apart as Chief is his ability to speak and think quickly, on his feet. He played the political game flawlessly , and was rewarded for this by become a currant , standing federal politician . But, why Chief Blair are you not willing, to this day, answer the one question on every ones mind, still, as to who gave the orders , Not to engage the rioters . My guess is that as the standing chief , it would have been you , since this event was taking place in your jurisdiction.
One theory that t has been floating around , as to why there was no intervention with the rioters ,, was a communication breakdown. Well, that is stating the obvious. but wait, there is more . A couple of officers I spoke with , seemed to suggest that this was actually deliberate . The idea, if accurate was that it was hoped that it would have bee out of province officers engaging the rioters, so, that in the event that there was possible injury to rioters, the SIU ( special investigations unit ) would not be able to investigate, because they do not have jurisdiction outside of Ontario , or the officers actions who are from out side. I am not fully buying into that theory, but I can see how that is at least plausible .
Next, I go the the famous, or infamous ketteling that took pace on the Saturday, in the evening, in the rain. This one event seemed too , more than any other event, turn the public against the police. It appeared that the police had surrounded a group of protesters into an intersection, and refused them the opportunity to exit. It was said that even a member of the main stream media was arrested for refusing to leave. Well, after speaking with several people, both police and civilians , I quickly learned that this was NOT entirely true. In the accompanying video , you can clearly see that indeed, people ABSOLUTELY COULD leave the area if they wanted to :
You can see from this video that there was enough room there to build an airport . HOWEVER, yes, later one, there was a group of about 250 protestors who were secured into a confined space . THis decision was made by a command officer , Superintendent Fenton . He, rightly, made the call that no one one else was willing to make, that being to hold everyone as there was a very high degree of probability that active rioters where using this area as a possible escape route . He made this decision, on his own, when command would not even make the decision to stop this riot before it became out of control. It was stated that he employed heavy handedness , and even detained mainstream media . This is NO TRUE . The was indeed a member of main stream media there to cover this , but they were free to leave at ANY TIME. A reporter was there with a camera man . The reporter was asked if she wanted to stay, se said yes, the camera mans stayed with her , even though he too was given the option to leave .if he wished. BOTH mainstream media people there stayed of THEIR OWN CHOOSING and could have left ANY TIME. I had several officers tell me this . ….. another G20 falicy DEBUNKED
In part 3 , I will continue on thee G20 , but I will focus my attention on how the cities politicians failed us as citizens and failed of police officers …. INTENTIONALLY . In fact, I am going as far as to say that they threw one front line officer under the proverbial bus , referring to the officer on queen street who was attacked while still in his car , as well as command officer Fenton , who was made the scapegoat for the utter , total and willful incompetence of city hall, the Mayor of the day and the highest levels of police command . ….. stay tuned …..