Tuesday, June 19, 2007

OPP preparing for native protest day: Fantino

The police don’t want to become the “meat in the sandwich” between governments and First Nations protesters, says the head of the Ontario Provincial Police.

But Julian Fantino said Monday that his officers will be prepared to maintain order during the upcoming native day of protest on June 29.

“We’re prepared to take action if and when warranted,” he told CTV Newsnet’s Mike Duffy Live. “But clearly we’re in a predicament where we have to exercise a whole lot of care and caution.” (EDIT: The same way you’re prepared to take action each and every day in Caledonia by sitting in your air conditioned cars and observing crime? The same kind of action Fantino personally took by hiding and peeking out a window at us on Jan 20th?)

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