Police infiltrate and intimidate small Kelowna gathering for anti-Olympics speeches as part of a “very high profile and successful campaign… to intimidate people who speak out against the Olympics.” Are police just doing their jobs or are they on a campaign to chill dissent?
Police descend on anti-Olympic speakers in Kelowna
| Started 2 years ago by Adrian Nieoczym | (24 posts) (2 voices) |
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Posted by unregistered user: Fred
The idea of intimidation being used against people speaking
their mind in a lawful manner, is not police action at all.
The last real organized police force that was engaged in this type of thing was in Nazi Germany. At that time the
special task force was call Brown Shirts. What color are
the present uniforms anyway?
We expect our police to enforce the law, but we do not want
them violating peoples rights especially when no laws were
being broken. The time has come for the legal system to
speak up, lawyers and judges who believe that even if you
disagree with what is being said, people in a democracy have the right to say it. That is democracy. We condemn
the Taliban and other groups that rule with no respect for
the citizens of their nation, at because we have a vested
interest in a sporting event, we allow law enforcement to
act like goons, intimidating people with another opinion.
But then we are losing respect for police and politicians
and this is an example as well. I was not in favor of this
waste of money either, and I was not in favor of trading our sovereignty for corporate profit either. However now that the games are a reality I hope they can salvage as much as possible so our taxes are not a lot more. My protest will come in the future. I hope and will promote
that we vote against the governments that brought the games
here. I also will support lawmakers that eventually determine if any laws were broken by police and those cops
be punished in accordance with the law. Remember your ballot in a future election is your revengePosted 2 years ago # -
Posted by unregistered user: GeeWiz
You mean an officer approached somebody, said hi, and introduced himself? That’s exactly what Nazi Germans used to do! Good god, where is the democracy??? That’s clear thread to our freedom of speech!
Come on people. Take some happy pills. Stop making a big deal out of everything.
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Posted by unregistered user: Adam
Almost a criminal harassment charge against the officer had he been a bit more threating. Remember, an RCMP officer recently killed an Ottawa city cop. They all walk a fine line of being criminals themselves.
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Posted by unregistered user: Glenda
Gosh..Officer Smith sure looks threatening…he apprached a person, identified himself (note his badge around his neck), asked some questions but the person did not want to answer the questions and so the person walked away…that is what we expect the police to do…to even suggest this is close to criminal harassment is strange, I guess some folks just want the police to sit in their cars and drive around and…quite frankly by trying to compare the actions of Officer Smith to tactics found in Nazi German is absurd. I would suggest you take some history lessons covering Nazi Germany….someone sees a cops at a coffee shope, they accuse them of just sitting around and if they go about their job asking questions some people (probably the same people) accuse them of criminal harassment. They are dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t..I think most people want the police to be out and about asking questions and talking to people working on preventing problems before they happen…and Eby the last time I checked blocking a road is against the law.
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Posted by unregistered user: Dennis
Idiots. The Olympics are happening, get over it. Go hug a tree.
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Posted by unregistered user: JT
It seems apparent to me that activists, no matter the cause, use the technique of cultivating mistrust in our police forces, as a means of furthering sympathy for the cause of the day. Mr. Eby suggests that people who’ve engaged in violent acts don’t hold press conferences or open meetings or go to city hall to speak about their concerns but what he fails to acknowledege is the fact that mainstream terrorism succeeds to the degree that it has because its proponents can assimilate into daily lives, execute monotonous routine and appear seemingly benign so thatvthe common public is none the wiser…that is until planes crash into buildings, explosions occur..you get the picture.
The fact is we don’t know who is involved in activities that may cause danger to the olympics, whether they come from Canada or not. The job of the Olympic security forces is to ensure these people do not get a chance for martyrdom. I feel a whole lot better knowing that cops like Greg Smith are looking out for the interests of our citizens and our country. Keep up the good work!!!
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Posted by unregistered user: JT
Frankly, even the press have gotten into the act of cultivating mistrust in the police. The title of the article “Police descend on anti-Olympic speakers in Kelowna” is truly a mis-representation of the events described in this article and if nothing else, are inflammatory in nature and by design meant to initiate controversy and dissent. Shameful!
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Posted by unregistered user: Paul
You would think He’d be dressed a bit more appropriately.
With that old army shirt and sweats, and being what looks like a big guy, and approaching Manuel alone in a dark parking lot.I would totally be intimidated,
especially after some of the gustopo stuff we’ve been hearing about the olympic organization(and thier circle of people) over the last couple years leading up to the olympics.
eg. getting civic laws changed to suit thier agenda, making businesses change thier established approved business names, to strongarming peaceful anti olympic speaking.Posted 2 years ago # -
Posted by unregistered user: LB
I am sick of these “activists” I am sure these are the same people that abuse social programs like welfare and health care. They don’t work when they are healthy enough to work. They don’t want the Olympics because they want more money (and land) for themselves.
Good for the cops, these losers have been given a free pass too long.
Get a job!
Go Canada GoPosted 2 years ago #
