CAN WE SAY SCAPEGOATS (Alex Hundert, Amanda Hiscocks & friends)

The media are no help at all regarding the G20 violence in Toronto two years ago. Let me be a little clearer. Yes they have deplored police actions and abuses appropriately. No they are not giving appropriate in depth comment and observation around the half dozen "G20 ringleaders" as they call them. Six political activists (and more) have been harassed, prosecuted and treated shabbily by the police, courts and judges. The media by not pointing out the obvious share some blame here.

Everything I've seen and read indicates that the police were unable to arrest masked perpetrators who smashed windows and set police cars on fire. They were however able prior to the G20 to infiltrate volunteer citizen groups and record evidence of political opinions and criticism of the "establishment". These discussions and suggestions may have been strong and possibly controversial. The actions including the above stated property violence, to the best of my knowledge, have not been attributed to the six individuals convicted of counselling mischief. Furthermore if the police have not caught the people directly damaging property then how can they even suggest that the six "ringleaders" communicated with them for the purpose of inciting violence? If I am incorrect and there are ANY vandalism convictions from the G20 of these six activists, someone please correct me. It is this link or lack thereof that I find ridiculous. Our mainstream media need to be asking themselves, the authorities and the public some hard questions. Are the police and courts with media assistance coming down hard on people who are embarassingly easy to find? Are they coming down on people who stand up and verbally confront police, politicians and courts? Are these charges and convictions for counselling mischief politically motivated and or simply an attempt by the authorities to be seen to be protecting the public, despite the fiasco that unfolded two years ago? In fact was half of the police overeactions, illegal "kettling" of honest and peaceful citizens, mass arrests and more, simply police frustrations at not catching the vandals in the act?

When all was said and done, six political activists said much and did little whereas a group of vandals said little and did much. I include the abhorrent and bullying police behaviour as part of the vandals who said little and did much.