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• Jason67 21:50 on 2012/05/04 Permalink

  I can hear protest rowdiness from my apartment (near Rosemont metro)…

• Raoul 07:54 on 2012/05/05 Permalink

  These “masked men who threw rocks at police” who are they? people denounce violence but i never read about anyone trying to stop it, the fact that no one ever id’s them is also strange, are they students? under-covers? trade unionists? if they are students youd think some of the associations would put their football teams to good use by having them maintain order in the crowd before police charge it. Then again if publicity is goal then you want police to charge the crowd, though i dont really believe in soliciting pity as a bargaining tactic.

• Kate 15:45 on 2012/05/05 Permalink

  Raoul, the point about masked men is that we don’t know who they are. The “black bloc” theory talks about people who materialize to maximize havoc during any kind of public disturbance. So they could be such freelance anarchists who just have an urge to tear down when any opportunity presents itself.

  They could be agents provocateurs – that’s not a crazy theory, as some of the more violent casseurs during the G20 riots in Toronto were shown to be wearing boots and other equipment identical to police issue, so we know this happens (see RCMP barn burners, for more historical detail).

  Yes, the men in black could also be particularly angry students. But the fact that they’re always men makes me wonder. The real studenty protesters are about equally distributed as to gender.

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