Toronto Goes Insane, Racks Up Largest Mass Arrests in Canadian History

The arrests in Toronto have been, shall we say, sweeping. Given the history in Canada of police officers working undercover as instigating protesters, lots of folks were skeptical about some of the sources of the property violence at the G20 protests this weekend in Toronto. Like, why are some of the protesters and police, as these folks point out, all wearing the same brand of boots? I know Canada is a terrible poor country with very few choices in footwear, but, really? Of course, lots of the sign- and window-smashing contingent are clearly people who believe in going out and smashing things. But here’s the ultimate in protester failure.

Yup. Calvin Klein! Smash the multinational imperialist branding corporation state… just not in your pants. I feel safe in calling this protester the king of the hypocrite morons.

But more seriously! The mayor of Toronto has been busy on his Twitter, repeating things like “these people cannot be true Torontonians…” Right. Well, we’ll see what he’s saying when the city, having gone totally Giuliani-style, has to settle millions of dollars worth of lawsuits to actual Torontonians over the indiscriminate arrests.

This also seems worth noting:

Spokeswoman Catherine Martin of Integrated Security Unit would not offer any details on why police appeared to allow violent protesters to smash windows and burn police cruisers on Saturday, yet quickly cracked down on apparently peaceful protests held on Sunday. She said it “depended on what circumstances were being faced.”