Who are they afraid of? The people of course...

A little over reaction don't you think? Done on purpose to send a message as to who is really in control. It's not you and me that's for sure. Just leave the elite alone to make decisions that will be in our best interests. I'm sure we can trust them to do what is right. That's why they need so much security.


Police state in, power suits out as Toronto goes into security shock

At City Hall, employees arrived at work to find a burly security guard demanding their access pass before they entered the normally unlocked doors. At a downtown law firm, lawyers were told to leave their suits and high heels at home and dress casual-like to avoid being set upon by anti-capitalist rioters. At one provincial government office, bureaucrats were told in late afternoon that the building was going under “lockdown” because protesters were in the neighbourhood. Many scooted for exits to avoid being trapped in the closed-up building.

All of a sudden on Monday, our calm, mild, pacific city took on a changed feel as the security noose tightened in advance of this weekend’s G20 summit. In the downtown, packs of police officers on bikes roamed the streets – followed, incongruously, by a golf cart-type vehicle transporting water, juice and granola bars for the boys and girls in blue. Around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the shiny metal security fence neared completion, a ghastly thing, like all such barriers, that made the notoriously ugly convention centre that will welcome foreign leaders even more unsightly than usual.

Link:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/police-state-%20%20in-power-suits-out-as-toronto-goes-into-security-shock/article1612636/