G20 Toronto Summit Street Protests – The Death Of Democracy?
Saturday, June 26, 2010. Notice the prop in front of the police – a coffin with a cross cutout and the word “democratie” written on the front – meant to symbolize the death of democracy and strategically placed to incite the police. But this is what I call restrained and this is what I call democracy. There was a large mob of people behind me - jesting, chanting and some truly trying to instigate a reaction from the riot police. One character even placed this prop in front of the police, but the police did not waver. They did not remove the prop nor knock it down – something we were quite surprised about - and they let the mob have its fun and, more importantly, have its voice.
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