Toronto Police Power Trip

[Torren]

In all fairness we never get to see the act that gets her detained, so from that video we don't really know what happened. All we do know is that someone was acting like a child blowing bubbles in cops faces. It did seem like she was trying to get arrested.

Now on the other hand, the cop was being a rude prick. He could have handled the situation better. None of the cops on that line looked overly thrilled to be there. As many cops who were having wet dreams about beating up protesting hippies during the G20, im sure the rest of them were as happy about the G20 as the rest of us. That is to say not happy at all. Except they get stuck there and have to put up with crap from people like Ms. Bubbleblower all day long.

[caboose483]

Except that she stopped blowing them, didn't she? So she didn't 'deserve' to be arrested... This guy was just looking for an excuse imho. The other (female) cop was chuckling at the whole thing, but when you watch the video, he seems pretty jacked up on adrenalin. I think she could have just stood there staring at him and been arrested eventually

You don't know for a fact that she stopped. There is, for some reason, some duration of time that was edited out of the video. Why would something have been edited out of the video?? The only reason i can think of is that she did something that prompted her getting arrested. Without seeing an unedited video none of us can say with any degree of certainty how it went down.... so you don't know whether or not she 'deserved' to get arrrested.

Regardless, blowing bubbles in a cops face to make people happy is outright stupid. What did she intend to accomplish? It is akin to sneaking up behind a bull and kicking him in the balls, then getting mad at the bull when he turns around and gores you.

I have no sympathy for her.

[fastar1]

Let me get this straight...

Kicking a bull in the balls
=
Blowing bubbles in a cop's face.

Well maybe, I guess, if he's a greasy dickhead.

[SweetOnion]

You don't know for a fact that she stopped. There is, for some reason, some duration of time that was edited out of the video. Why would something have been edited out of the video?? The only reason i can think of is that she did something that prompted her getting arrested. Without seeing an unedited video none of us can say with any degree of certainty how it went down.... so you don't know whether or not she 'deserved' to get arrrested.

Regardless, blowing bubbles in a cops face to make people happy is outright stupid. What did she intend to accomplish? It is akin to sneaking up behind a bull and kicking him in the balls, then getting mad at the bull when he turns around and gores you.

I have no sympathy for her.

No kidding... the fact that they edited that part of the video out speaks volumes... They shouldn't have even bothered posting that crap.

[caboose483]

Let me get this straight...

Kicking a bull in the balls
=
Blowing bubbles in a cop's face.

Well maybe, I guess, if he's a greasy dickhead.

What do you not understand?

Willingly antagonizing some animal or someone who has the authority to screw you over = stupid.

[jibbijib]

What do you not understand?

Willingly antagonizing some animal or someone who has the authority to screw you over = stupid.

He meant the bubble cop is like kicking a bull in the balls.


You know, being facetious.

[caboose483]

He meant the bubble cop is like kicking a bull in the balls.


You know, being facetious.

wat?

[lucky2]

put it awaaaayyyyyy

[fastar1]

What do you not understand?

Willingly antagonizing some animal or someone who has the authority to screw you over = stupid.

Here's what I don't understand;

1* Bubbles don't hurt. As opposed to a kick to the balls which can incapacitate someone and cause permanent damage.
2* Humans are expected to control their rage. As opposed to a bull, which is expected to behave like a wild animal.

And no, cops don't have the authority to screw us over, they have the authority to serve and protect us. In this case, they were protecting us by preventing militant a-holes from attacking world leaders. This guy was not serving or protecting anyone, he was power tripping. If we let any power tripping authority figures do whatever they want to us then we will be no better off than in the days of serfdom.

[caboose483]

And no, cops don't have the authority to screw us over, they have the authority to serve and protect us. In this case, they were protecting us by preventing militant a-holes from attacking world leaders. This guy was not serving or protecting anyone, he was power tripping. If we let any power tripping authority figures do whatever they want to us then we will be no better off than in the days of serfdom.

The police were given the authority for the duration of the G20 to pretty much detain anyone they wanted to. The differences you point out between a bull and a cop in no way invalidate my statements.

1) The act itself does not matter. Whether or not it is painful does not matter. Any act that will more than likely provoke some sort of unwanted and yet forseeable response would be an accurate analogy.
2) The emotion does not matter, it's a response to the agitator. When they push (whether that push is with their foot to the groin, or a mental push via blowing bubbles in their face) there is a predictable push back.

Do you understand what the expression "Don't poke the bear" means?

Again...
Willingly antagonizing some animal or someone who has the authority to screw you over = stupid.

[fastar1]

The police were given the authority for the duration of the G20 to pretty much detain anyone they wanted to. The differences you point out between a bull and a cop in no way invalidate my statements.

1) The act itself does not matter. Whether or not it is painful does not matter. Any act that will more than likely provoke some sort of unwanted and yet forseeable response would be an accurate analogy.
2) The emotion does not matter, it's a response to the agitator. When they push (whether that push is with their foot to the groin, or a mental push via blowing bubbles in their face) there is a predictable push back.

Do you understand what the expression "Don't poke the bear" means?

Again...
Willingly antagonizing some animal or someone who has the authority to screw you over = stupid.

"pretty much detain anyone they wanted to" = suspension of habeas corpus = martial law.

If this is the case then the cop's actions are defensible (though still assinine) but then I have to question the use of martial law to control protesters, even violent ones. That's crazy overkill, and I still support the evil bubble blower for contesting it, if that's what she did.

And yeah, the degree of aggression and the proportionality of the response are absolutely critical measures of justice! You can't blow someone's head off for stepping on a blade of grass on your property. Well, maybe in some States, but then they're crazy too.

[SweetOnion]

Here's what I don't understand;

1* Bubbles don't hurt. As opposed to a kick to the balls which can incapacitate someone and cause permanent damage.
2* Humans are expected to control their rage. As opposed to a bull, which is expected to behave like a wild animal.

And no, cops don't have the authority to screw us over, they have the authority to serve and protect us. In this case, they were protecting us by preventing militant a-holes from attacking world leaders. This guy was not serving or protecting anyone, he was power tripping. If we let any power tripping authority figures do whatever they want to us then we will be no better off than in the days of serfdom.

Who cares if it hurts or not? If you were standing on the sidewalk and someone came up to you and started blowing bubbles in your face, are you just going to stand there letting those big soapy things bounce off you, taking it like a biznitch???

Not if you want to preserve your SMELL OF BACON!!!!!! hehe just kidding on that part.. seriously though, someone is intentionally trying to piss the police off, to antagonize the guy into doing something stupid... with cameras in his face.. like, come on... "I'm going to hold a camera in your Face and then blow bubbles at you until you lose it!" Good thing the cop wasn't Christian Bale or Woody Harrelson, otherwise the camera would be in 50 pieces and stuffed into her bum.

[fastar1]

Who cares if it hurts or not? If you were standing on the sidewalk and someone came up to you and started blowing bubbles in your face, are you just going to stand there letting those big soapy things bounce off you, taking it like a biznitch???

Are you kidding about this part too? Taking bubbles in my face is an affront to my manliness???

[FiReSTaRT]

-If somebody on the street started blowing bubbles in my face, I'd take away the canister, dump out the contents and give it back. Total damage: $1.50
-A protester blew bubbles in that cop's face. Detainment and criminal charges bring the total damages up to: Thousands of dollars
You do the math.
A police constable is a public servant. He should be able to just shrug off minor provocation. If not, he doesn't have the right mental makeup for the job, should get fired and replaced with a proper public servant.

[SweetOnion]

Are you kidding about this part too? Taking bubbles in my face is an affront to my manliness???

No, not really... I'm talking lets say a total random comes up and is holding a bubble wand like a foot from your face... hell, for me even if there was no bubble wand and I have someone breathing at me that closely I would probably have an issue. At least the bubbles capture their nasty breath.

[Squadz]

I would have had a staring contest with the cop.

I'm sure he would have charged me with some sort of offense.

Psychological assault..

[FiReSTaRT]

I would have had a staring contest with the cop.

I'm sure he would have charged me with some sort of offense.

Psychological assault..

Attempted MURDER!!! Haven't you seen the Scanners movies?

[AdRath]

I love how the cops actions are being compared to wild animals, unintelligent animals at that. lol I don't know about you guys but I would expect that the process to become a cop should weed out unthinking base level individuals who can't control their actions and act like animals. Is this the new M.O. for police?

[CBRJOHN]

A police constable is a public servant. He should be able to just shrug off minor provocation. If not, he doesn't have the right mental makeup for the job, should get fired and replaced with a proper public servant.

He thinks he's a garbage collector. Cops like that make the whole police force look bad



Maybe his Roid Rage was flaring up.

[Nyx13]

-If somebody on the street started blowing bubbles in my face, I'd take away the canister, dump out the contents and give it back. Total damage: $1.50
-A protester blew bubbles in that cop's face. Detainment and criminal charges bring the total damages up to: Thousands of dollars
You do the math.
A police constable is a public servant. He should be able to just shrug off minor provocation. If not, he doesn't have the right mental makeup for the job, should get fired and replaced with a proper public servant.

+1!

He thinks he's a garbage collector. Cops like that make the whole police force look bad
.

Apparently he forgot to laugh...