A new report on the G8 and G20 places the blame for mayhem during the summit squarely on “some confusion.” Apparently, OPP officers were confused about whom, exactly, they were supposed to be assisting: Toronto police or the RCMP. Also, that roughly 650 cops worked 20-hour shifts without a square meal probably didn’t help. The report makes dozens of recommendations on how to avoid repeating similar mistakes in the future, although for our part, we might add the following: don’t hold an international summit like that in downtown Toronto. Read the entire story [Globe and Mail] »
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Actually, no I wasn’t. Ancient history.
January 26, 2012 at 9:55 pm | by G.