Dave Coles exposes provocateur cops on CBC.

[go west young man]

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A great expose on the guerrilla tactics our own police are using to incite rioting that would give them an excuse to use tear gas or rubber bullets on protesting citizens. The only disappointment with this news story is that the headline like most "news" headlines these days has a question mark at the end of it. CBC needs to call bullshit when they see it instead of muddying the middle like our pathetic media.

[GMFORD]

1. The CBC

was so polite in the interview. They let the man speak and didn't keep trying to divert him from what he had to say.

Followup: Go to www.stoplying.ca where they have a new interview. The RCMP has now admitted that the three men were undercover cops.

[provis99]

2. imagine if the union guy were interviewed by Bill O on Fox

he would have been shouted down as a communist, or French-lover (Quebec, they're FRENCH, aren't they?) or whatever, before he had his mike cut off. Why can't our press be more like the CBC or British press? What a sorry ass state American media is in. Thank God (or whoever) for the Internet.

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Here's another YT vid in which Coles says the cops are lying

when they claim they were not acting as provocateurs in the demo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw0GXZaeHJA

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Prominent Canadian activist Maude Barlow says it was a setup.

Here's a YT video of Canadian long time anti-globalization and anti-NAFTA activist Maude Barlow explaining on Canadian TV why she thought the peaceful demonstrators were being set up by the provocateurs. Maude Barlow is the female speaker that made a few comments at the end of the first Coles video, the one which really opened this can of worms up when it was posted on the internet. This interview appears to have taken place before the Quebec police admitted the "anarchists" were undercover cops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwpktK35UTE

More about Maude Barlow and the organization of which she is National Chairperson "The Council of Canadians" here: www.canadians.org

Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens’ organization, with members and chapters across the country. We work to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, public health care, and other issues of social and economic concern to Canadians.

http://www.canadians.org/about/index.html

[GliderGuider]

5. Give credit where credit is due

That was a CTV interview, not CBC. CBC is publicly owned; CTV is private.

Just clarifying. Thanks for the post!

Edit: typo

[JohnyCanuck]

6. Toronto Star editorial calls for investigation.

Toronto Star (largest newspaper in Canada) editorial calls for investigation.


Probe required into police tactics


Aug 25, 2007 04:30 AM

When Prime Minister Stephen Harper was asked Monday whether he was concerned about protesters outside a summit of North American leaders in Montebello, Que., he replied with a smile: "I've heard it's nothing. A couple hundred? It's sad."

Harper was right about the protest being "sad," not because of its size, but due to the international controversy that has arisen after it was revealed that undercover Quebec provincial police officers had posed as protesters during the demonstration. Quebec police officials have admitted the officers were involved in the protest. The question now is whether they tried to provoke protesters to commit violence.

The protesters say yes, pointing to a posting on video-sharing website YouTube that shows three men, their faces concealed by bandanas and one holding a rock, being confronted by activists before apparently being handcuffed and arrested by police.

But the Sûreté du Québec denies allegations its officers were trying to incite the activists. Instead, it says the officers mingled with protesters to ferret out those bent on violence. It also says their cover was blown after they refused to throw rocks.

Whatever the case, the incident has sparked legitimate concerns that cannot be casually shrugged off, as Public Security Minister Stockwell Day tried to do this week by suggesting unhappy protesters could lodge a complaint with the Quebec force.

http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/249628