canuktravella

I'm likely to be in the minority here, but I don't really have an issue with what the police did. Did they go overboard? Maybe. But people have to stop acting like idiots, imo.

From what I read there were way too many people on the skating rink. An officer came up and asked the people to leave as they were in violation of public health codes. Seems like people basically ignored him, so he called for backup to enforce the bylaw.

I may have read the article wrong, but seems like all the officers were wanting is for people to disperse when the guy got in their faces. This may be simplistic, but if he had just left then we wouldn't be talking about this at all.

Not sure why people are surprised at the outcome. I'm also not victim shaming. Just suggesting this could have been avoided had the guy simply left as he was instructed to do.

hmm, don't think you can go that far with it Jazz. There are good police. The problem is you don't know which one you're getting. If you argue with a cop like this kid did, you're taking an unnecessary risk. 

Jimmy, the good police are the ones who aren’t policing. They’re involved in the community, and they’re connecting people. Policing is inherently restrictive and they have license to act as they please. They have a monopoly on violence, represent the state, often don’t live in the districts they patrol, and are traumatizing for many racialized people to even have in the vicinity, which leads to a lot of violent interactions.