Downtown Toronto To Be Transformed Into Locked-Down
Police State This Summer Free speech zones, airport style checkpoints
and a huge holding facility prepared for G20 Summit
Steve
Watson Infowars.net
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Preparations are underway for a massive show of force in Toronto
this Summer as the G20 summit comes to town. Unprecedented levels
of security are being undertaken, with one of the largest movie
studios in North America being transformed into a giant holding
facility for unruly protesters.
Police say they are prepared for huge protests during the summit, scheduled
to convene over the weekend of June 26/27.
Toronto law enforcement officials have announced they are "tapping"
social network websites to monitor the potential activities
of protesters as they gear up for the event.
"(Social media) allows people to communicate in a lot
more different ways. It's just another tool," Const. Wendy
Drummond told CP24
news. "The way we police our protests hasn't
changed."
"The Olympics that you saw recently in Vancouver was actually
the largest security event ever to take place here in Canada.
The G20/G8 surpasses that completely," Const. Ed Boltuc,
a Toronto Police Services officer and liaison with the RCMP-led
Integrated
Security Unit, told
the Toronto Star recently.
"There’s going to be a massive -- absolutely massive
-- presence of police and security on the ground like you’ve
never seen before." Boltuc added.
The Globe
and Mail has reported that up to10,000 uniformed
officers, along with a 1,000 private security guards will be
deployed, as well as Canadian military forces. The security
costs are expected to cost the Canadian government (taxpayers)
$179 million.
The plans include two security perimeters, walled in with huge
3 meter high fences, with Toronto police in charge of the outer
zone and the RCMP in charge of the inner zone. Anyone entering
the inner perimeter, where the Metro Convention Centre is located,
will be processed through five levels of airport style security
screening.
Various checkpoints throughout Toronto will be outfitted with
"Magnetometers," "walk-through metal detectors,"
"X-Ray belt driven scanners" and "hand-held metal
detectors."
Residents and workers in the area will have to register with
the authorities to get access to their homes and businesses
during the meeting.
The
Canadian Forces plans are described as "large-scale
operational planning, land and air surveillance, underwater
safety and security for the venues and some logistic and ceremonial
functions. Support also includes drawing on the CF’s ongoing
partnership in the North American Aerospace Defence Command
(NORAD)."
Protesters will also be subject to designated free speech zones.
If they breach these zones they will be forced to move or be
arrested.
Sunday saw tactical officers take over part of the underground
in the financial district of downtown Toronto in an unannounced
simulated
hostage event. Police worked in tandem with private
security guards and we're seen herding people through the building.
The drill was caught on video by Dan Dicks of Press For Truth:
Another training exercise on Sunday saw two
military helicopters flying around the Metro Toronto
Convention Centre and then landing at the nearby CN Tower.
The heightened security will begin two weeks before the summit.
Preparations are underway for a massive show of force in Toronto
this Summer as the G20 summit comes to town. Unprecedented levels
of security are being undertaken, with one of the largest movie
studios in North America being transformed into a giant holding
facility for unruly protesters.
