I know I know, it must have been hard to read under all that new butched up riot gear they were wearing....the 1 billion dollar price tag didn't include Hooked on Phonics.
The head of the civilian board overseeing the Toronto Police says the force may have made a mistake by not telling the public they’d mischaracterized the powers police had during the G20 summit.
“That may be one of the communication issues to be looked at,” police board chair Alok Mukherjee said in an interview Wednesday, “whether the correction was properly notified to the public.”
It was the provincial Ministry of Community Safety that notified police Friday afternoon that the police force and its chief were misinterpreting a controversial amendment the province passed to help police secure the area around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Police had thought the temporary amendment to the Public Works Protection Act meant they could demand identification from, and search or arrest without warrant, anyone within five metres of the fence encircling the security perimeter.
It didn’t: The amendment, which lasted from June 21 through June 28, only governed what they could do within the fenced area.
Best bullshit:
“There was an honest misinterpretation by people who were dealing with these matters in the midst of the heat of the moment,” Mr. Mukherjee said.
“It was the government, the minister of community safety, that realized that there was a misinterpretation. And they drew it to the attention of the staff and they then advised the chief right away. … There was no willful misinterpretation. There was no intent to mislead anybody.
That statement alone bristles with "intent to mislead"
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